Ramesses IX

Ramesses IX

Neferkare Setepenre Ramesses IX (also written Ramses) (originally named Amon-her-khepshef Khaemwaset) (ruled 1129–1111 BC) was the eighth pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt. He was the third longest serving king of this Dynasty after Ramesses III and Ramesses XI. He is now believed to have assumed the throne on I Akhet day 21 based on evidence presented by Jürgen von Beckerath in a 1984 GM article. According to Papyrus Turin 1932+1939, Ramesses IX enjoyed a reign of 18 years and 4 months and died in his 19th Year in the first month of Peret between day 17 and 27. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ramesses IX has received more than 275,518 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Ramesses IX is the 167th most popular nobleman (down from 158th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 131st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Egyptian Nobleman.

Ramesses IX is most famous for being the last pharaoh of the 20th dynasty. He ruled Egypt from 1145-1137 BC. He was the son of Ramesses VIII and the grandson of Ramesses III.