Henutmire

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Henutmire in hieroglyphics
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Henutmire
(Henut mi Re)
Ḥnw.t-mj-Rˁ
The mistress is similar to Re
Tujas statue with Henutmire

Henutmire was a daughter and wife of the ancient Egyptian king Ramses II. Ramses II gave several lists of his sons and daughters. Henutmire is not mentioned with any certainty in any of these lists, which are mostly at least partially destroyed, so that her position was unknown for a long time. There is a statue of Tuja , mother of Ramses II, on which Henutmire is shown next to Tuja. This gave rise to the assumption that Henutmire was a daughter and therefore sister of Ramses II. Recently, however, a relief has been found in Abukiron the Henutmire is clearly referred to as the daughter of Ramses II. So the above statue shows grandmother and granddaughter. Little is known of the life of the Henutmire. She was probably a late-born daughter of the ruler and only married the ruler when he was very old. Henutmire was buried in a now poorly preserved tomb ( QV75 ) in the Valley of the Queens . Her sarcophagus was used again in the 22nd Dynasty by a high priest of Amun named Harsiese .

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SURNAME Henutmire
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient Egyptian princess and wife of Ramses II.
DATE OF BIRTH 13th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 13th century BC Chr.