She could have. I don't know why but I guess I always assumed Merenptah just married Isetnofret III though of course he could have had other wives.
I recently was doing some looking up on some sons of Rameses II there was Meryre I son 11 of Nefertari, and then there is a Meryre II son number 18, is it possible this could have been a father and son? I'm not aware of too many people naming a son the same name as one who is older?
and there's something I've noticed with some of the son's names like Prehirwenemef, Amenhirwenemef, both sons of Nefertari, So I'm wondering if Mentuhirkopshef, Horhirwenemef,Astartehirwenemef could possibly be more sons of Nefertari and Rameses(later sons may be grand sons), just because of the similarities in the name(not much to go on but work with me here)

ok and we have Ramesses-meryamun, Rameses II 16th son by Nefertari named Meryatum, so could this be his son? or maybe Merymentu could be his son? (again because of the similarities in the name)

(sorry for double posting here)

but, I was also looking at the list of Daughters of Rameses II. We know that Henuttawy, Nefertari II, and Meryetamun were all daughters of Nefertari. Then we have some names that are similar to these names, I would assume any name having Nefer would be some way related to Nefertari.

For instance these names have either Nefer in them or are similar to Meryetamun's name:

Meryetkhet
Neferure
Meryetnetjer
Renpetnefer
Meryetnetjer

I know some people except some of these Princess' to be daughters of Nefertari as well:

Beketmut
Nebettawy

as I wrote before, I'm really going based on the similarities in there names.

re: 2 sons with the same name - I have heard of children being given the same name as a dead child - how old was the first Meryre?

I recently put up a page on my website with the known inscriptions dealing wirh Princess-Queen Bint-Anath.


The paintings on the page are done by me and are based on linedrawings made by Lepsius.

The photograph is made by someone I know in Egypt.

My Ramesses II page has a list of Queens, Princes and Princesses.
I based these lists on the work by K.A. Kitchen.

The paintings on that page are done by me, the photos mostly come from egyptarchive.

I have never seen the actual glyphs for Meryre I and II, but the name is rather simple. I suspect they are written the same way.

Given the lists of 50 known sons and 53 known daughters it's a surprise not more duplication occurs.
Must have been a chore after a while to come up with a new name