Amenhotep II

Amenhotep II
Amenhotep II
Amenophis II
	Amenhotep II standing before Osiris.
Pharaoh
Reign	1427–1401 BC or 1427–1397 BC
Predecessor	Thutmose III
Successor	Thutmose IV
Horus name
Horus name
	Ka nakht wer pekhty; kꜢ nḫt wr-pḥty; Victorious bull, great of might
Nebty name
	Weser fau, sekha em waset; wsr fꜢw sḫꜤi m wꜢst; Rich in splendor, who has been made to appear in Thebes
Golden Horus
	Ity sekhem.ef em tau nebu; iṯi sḫm.f m tꜢw nbw; Who has seized by means of his strong arm all lands
Prenomen (Praenomen)
	Aa kheperu re; ꜤꜢ ḫprw rꜤ; The great one of the manifestations of Re; Great are the Manifestations of Re
;	;
Nomen
	Imen hetepu heqa iunu; imn ḥtp(.w) hḳꜢ iwnw; Amun is satisfied, ruler of Heliopolis
	;
Consort	Tiaa
Children	Thutmose IV, Amenhotep, Webensenu, Amenemopet, Nedjem, Khaemwaset?, Aaheperkare? Aakheperure? Iaret, Ahmose (?)
Father	Thutmose III
Mother	Merytre-Hatshepsut
Died	1401 or 1397 BC
Burial	KV35
Dynasty	18th Dynasty

Amenhotep II (sometimes called Amenophis II and meaning "Amun is Satisfied") was the seventh pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. He inherited a vast kingdom from his father Thutmose III, and held it by means of a few military campaigns in Syria; however, he fought much less than his father, and his reign saw the effective cessation of hostilities between Egypt and Mitanni, the major kingdoms vying for power in Syria. His reign is usually dated from 1427 to 1401 BC. His consort was Tiaa, who was barred from any prestige until Amenhotep's son, Thutmose IV, came into power.

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