Seti I

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Seti I
Sethi I
Image of Seti I from his temple in Abydos
Pharaoh
Reign	11 regnal years (or 9, 15) 1294/1290–1279 BC
Predecessor	Ramesses I
Successor	Ramesses II
Royal titulary Horus name Kanakht Khaemwaset-Seankhtawy The strong bull, rising in Waset, he who makes life in the two lands[1][2] Nebty name Wehemmesut Sekhemkhepesh Derpedjetpesdjet He who renews the births, strong with a sword who subjugates the nine bows Golden Horus Wehemkhau Weserpedjutemtawnebu He who renews the crowns, he who subjugates the nine bows in all lands Prenomen  (Praenomen) Menmaatre Eternal is the Justice of Re Nomen Seti Merenptah He of the god Seth, beloved of Ptah[3]
Consort	Tuya, Tanedjemet (?)
Children	Tia, Ramesses II, Henutmire (?)
Father	Ramesses I
Mother	Sitre
Died	around the age of 40 c. 1279 BC
Burial	KV17; Mummy found in the Deir el-Bahri royal cache (Theban Necropolis)
Monuments	Mortuary Temple of Seti I, Temple at Abydos, Great Hypostyle Hall
Dynasty	19th Dynasty

Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling c. 1294 or 1290 BC to 1279 BC.^[4][5] He was the son of Ramesses I and Sitre, and the father of Ramesses II.

The name 'Seti' means "of Set", which indicates that he was consecrated to the god Set (also termed "Sutekh" or "Seth"). As with most pharaohs, Seti had several names. Upon his ascension, he took the prenomen "mn-m3't-r' ", usually vocalized in Egyptian as Menmaatre (Established is the Justice of Re).^[3] His better known nomen, or birth name, is transliterated as "sty mry-n-ptḥ" or Sety Merenptah, meaning "Man of Set, beloved of Ptah". Manetho incorrectly considered him to be the founder of the 19th Dynasty, and gave him a reign length of 55 years, though no evidence has ever been found for so long a reign.