marmorset OP t1_it2mrxd wrote on October 20, 2022 at 2:19 PM

Reply to comment by Daetra in TIL about the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. The daughter of Thutmose I and his first wife, she married her half-brother, Thutmose II, and was his first wife. When Thutmose II died, she became regent for the baby Thutmose III, her husband's heir by another wife. She ruled 22 years until her death. by marmorset

Many of them had their own names, Amenhotep was the son of Ahmose I. There are eleven different Ramesses, but only some of them are father and son.

It might have been a general tradition in that some people's sons are juniors.

EDIT: Apparently they often took regal names. Ramesses X was born Amonhirkhepeshef, but ruled as Khepermaatre. I'm not sure why we know him as Ramesses X.

Daetra t1_it2ym2z wrote on October 20, 2022 at 3:38 PM

Sounds like whitewashing, English empire at it again!