Meryre or Meryra (“Beloved of
Ra”) was an
ancient Egyptian male name, occurring both as a personal and as a throne name. A variant is ''Merenre,'' the female version is ''
Merytre.'' Famous bearers were:
As a personal name
*
Meryre, treasurer under Amenhotep III, tutor of Prince
Siatum (18th dynasty)
*
Meryre, High Priest of Aten (18th dynasty)
*
Meryre, steward of the royal harem in Amarna (18th dynasty)
* Meryre, a son of
Ramesses II
Ramesses II ( egy, rꜥ-ms-sw ''Rīʿa-məsī-sū'', , meaning "Ra is the one who bore him"; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Along with Thutmose III he is often regarded as ...
and
Nefertari, 11th on the
list of princes
* Meryre, another son of Ramesses II, possibly named after the first Meryre; 18th on the list of princes
[Dodson&Hilton, pp.165,172]
As a throne name
*
Pepi I
Pepi I Meryre (also Pepy I) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, third king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, who ruled for over 40 years at the turn of the 24th and 23rd centuries BC, toward the end of the Old Kingdom period. He was the son of ...
''(Meryre)''
*
Nemtyemsaf I ''(Merenre)''
*
Nemtyemsaf II
Merenre Nemtyemsaf II was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the sixth and penultimate ruler of the 6th Dynasty. He reigned for 1 year and 1 month in the first half of the 22nd century BC, at the very end of the Old Kingdom period. Nemtyemsaf II likel ...
''(Merenre)''
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