COMPANION

Meritamen

1400 BC - 1300 BC

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Meritamen (also spelled Meritamon, Meritamun, Merytamen, Merytamun, Meryt-Amen; ancient Egyptian: Beloved of Amun) was a daughter and later Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Ramesses the Great, born by his first queen Nefertari. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meritamen is the 232nd most popular companion (up from 235th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 169th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Egyptian Companion.

Meritamen is most famous for the "Egyptian Book of the Dead."

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Meritamen ranks 232 out of 784. Before her are Jeanne d'Évreux, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Sigrid the Haughty, and Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria. After her are Maria Anna of Austria, Charlotte of Savoy, Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Sophie of Württemberg, Vibia Sabina, and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400 BC, Meritamen ranks 8. Before her are Akhenaten, Jethro, Smenkhkare, Meritaten, Muršili II, and Shalmaneser I. After her are Mursili III, Adad-nirari I, Kiya, Ashur-uballit I, Fu Hao, and Neferneferure. Among people deceased in 1300 BC, Meritamen ranks 5. Before her are Ḫattušili III, Muršili II, Tudḫaliya IV, and Shalmaneser I. After her are Muwatalli II, Tukulti-Ninurta I, Puduḫepa, Fu Hao, Bintanath, Amun-her-khepeshef, and Henutmire.

Others Born in 1400 BC

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    Akhenaten

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1336 BC

    HPI: 85.92

    Rank: 2

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    Jethro

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1400 BC - 1400 BC

    HPI: 77.68

    Rank: 3

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    Smenkhkare

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1334 BC

    HPI: 76.75

    Rank: 4

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    Meritaten

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    1400 BC - 1400 BC

    HPI: 72.75

    Rank: 5

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    Muršili II

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1300 BC

    HPI: 70.85

    Rank: 6

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    Shalmaneser I

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1300 BC

    HPI: 70.13

    Rank: 7

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    Meritamen

    COMPANION

    1400 BC - 1300 BC

    HPI: 69.06

    Rank: 8

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    Mursili III

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1267 BC

    HPI: 68.64

    Rank: 9

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    Adad-nirari I

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1274 BC

    HPI: 67.88

    Rank: 10

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    Kiya

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1400 BC

    HPI: 67.46

    Rank: 11

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    Ashur-uballit I

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1318 BC

    HPI: 66.45

    Rank: 12

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    Fu Hao

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1300 BC

    HPI: 66.26

    Rank: 13

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    Neferneferure

    POLITICIAN

    1400 BC - 1400 BC

    HPI: 65.31

    Rank: 14

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Meritamen ranks 168 out of 642. Before her are Smendes (-1200), Dodi Fayed (1955), John Philoponus (490), Aybak (1197), Ka (-3200), and Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190). After her are Fuad II of Egypt (1952), Ptolemy X Alexander I (-140), Ahmose-Nefertari (-1562), Berenice (-300), Ahmed Zewail (1946), and Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator (-152).

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Among COMPANIONS In Egypt

Among companions born in Egypt, Meritamen ranks 7. Before her are Nefertiti (-1400), Nefertari (-1290), Ankhesenamun (-1347), Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (1921), Arsinoe II (-316), and Tjuyu (-1401). After her are Nazli Sabri (1894), Meketaten (-1348), Farida of Egypt (1921), Alia Al-Hussein (1948), Bintanath (-1300), and Neferneferuaten Tasherit (-1400).

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