RAMESSES I

(reigned c. 1295–1294 BC)

Throne nameMenpehtyre. Son of a military officer named Sety. First ruler of Dynasty 19. He was vizier to the apparently childless Horemheb and succeeded to the throne upon the latter’s death. His reign was short, but he left a son, Sety I, to reestablish Egyptian prestige at home and abroad. He was buried in tomb KV16 in the Valley of the Kings, but his mummy has not been recovered or identified. He is commemorated in the mortuary temple of his son at Qurna.

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see Horemheb, Sethos I.