In a message dated 8/29/2004 1:58:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, peterkirk AT qaya.org writes:
Rameses II 943-877
Merenptah 888(co-regent)-877 (forced to flee to Kush soon after his father's death)
Amenmesse 877-873 (= Osarsiph, usurper backed by Asiatics)
Seti II ??-873 (co-regent with or rival of Amenmesse, died about the same time as Amenmesse)
Siptah 873-868
Tausert 868-865 (regent from 873)
Setnakht 865-859
Rameses II 863-832 (initially as co-regent)
In this version, Setnakht (son of Merenptah) does not die before the reign of Tausert. In fact he returns from exile in Kush and overthrows Tausert and her Asiatic backers.
The problem with that is that Setnakht was the beginner of the 20th Dynasty--while Merneptah belonged to the 19th. There is no evidence anywhere that Setnakht was the son of Merneptah. In fact there is evidence to the contrary--and that Setnakht was a commoner. I have in front of me the Elephantine Stela of Setnakht, on which it says "He was chosen, His Majesty as "the One in a Million", regardless of countless others being more significant than he". One would scarcely think that Setnakht would have written this about himself had he been a son of the former pharaoh, Merneptah and been in the direct line of succession. ...
... For further remarks on Setnakht in the Classic memory, see
http://www.geocities.com/scribelist/setnakht.html
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