Amenmesse

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Amenmesse was a disputed pharaoh of Egypt’s Nineteenth Dynasty whose brief and possibly usurped reign is known for its political instability and conflicts over succession.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Amenmesse canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nineteenth Dynasty ruler ⓘ
ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ
historical person ⓘ
alternativeName Amenmesses ⓘ
Imn-ms-sw ⓘ
associatedWith Thebes ⓘ
political fragmentation in late Ramesside period ⓘ
attestedIn Karnak inscriptions ⓘ
Royal tomb KV10 ⓘ
Theban region ⓘ
burialPlace KV10 ⓘ
burialSite Valley of the Kings ⓘ
chronologicalPosition late Nineteenth Dynasty ⓘ
coregencyOrOverlapWith Seti II ⓘ
culture ancient Egyptian ⓘ
disputedWith Seti II ⓘ
fatherHypothesis Merneptah ⓘ
followedByInDynasty Seti II ⓘ
hasDisputedLegitimacy true ⓘ
hasUncertainChronology true ⓘ
hasUncertainParentage true ⓘ
house Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
kingdom New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
language Egyptian language ⓘ
motherHypothesis Takhat ⓘ
name Amenmesse ⓘ
notableFor contested succession after Merneptah ⓘ
erasure of his names from monuments ⓘ
possiblePredecessor Merneptah ⓘ
possibleSuccessor Seti II ⓘ
possibleUsurperOf Seti II ⓘ
precededByInDynasty Merneptah ⓘ
reignCentury 13th century BCE ⓘ
reignCharacteristics conflicts over succession ⓘ
political instability ⓘ
reignDynasty Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
reignLengthEstimate approximately 3–5 years ⓘ
short reign ⓘ
reignType disputed reign ⓘ
relatedTo Ramesside royal family ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
royalPrenomenStatus poorly attested ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline Egyptology ⓘ
successorActions Seti II usurped his monuments ⓘ
title King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
Lord of the Two Lands ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siptah → possibleFather → Amenmesse ⓘ
Amenmesse → name → Amenmesse ⓘ
Seti II → associatedWith → Amenmesse ⓘ
Takhat → motherOf → Amenmesse ⓘ
Takhat → relative → Amenmesse ⓘ