Amun-her-khepeshef
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Amun-her-khepeshef or Amun-her-wenemef (13th century BCE) was the firstborn son of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great and Queen Nefertari.
He was born when his father was still a co-regent with Seti I. He was originally called Amun-her-wenemef ("Amun Is with His Right Arm"); his name was changed to Amun-her-khepeshef ("Amun Is with His Strong Arm"). It is also possible that he is the same person as Seth-her-khepeshef, who was formerly thought to be another son of Ramesses II.
Amun-her-khepeshef was crown prince for a long time, but eventually he pre-deceased his father, just as 11 of his younger brothers did; and a younger half-brother, Merenptah, the 13th son of Ramesses, became the next co-regent.
Amun-her-khepeshef, as heir to the throne, had several titles. Some of them were unique ("Commander of the Troops", "Effective Confidant" and "Eldest Son of the King of his Body"), and some of them he shared with other prominent princes ("Fan-bearer on the King's Right Hand", "Royal Scribe"). His titles indicate that he held a high position in the army, and according to some depictions he and his younger half-brother Khaemwaset fought in the Battle of Kadesh and the campaigns in Nubia (or at least he accompanied his father to these battles). After the peace treaty with the Hittites, he was involved in the diplomatic correspondence with them, as his father and mother were.
Statues and depictions of Amun-her-khepeshef appear in his father's famous temples in Abu Simbel, Luxor, in the Ramesseum, and in Sethi's Abydos temple.
Amun-her-khepeshef died in the 40th year of his father's reign, when he was about 40—45 years old. The next crown prince was his half-brother Ramesses, the eldest son of Queen Isetnofret. It is likely that he was buried in the tomb KV5 in the Valley of the Kings, in a large tomb built for the sons of Ramesses II.
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