General Notes

The first king of the 19th Dynasty was the son of a military commander
named Seti. Ramesses entered the military service and worked his way up
to commander of troops, superintendent of the cavalry and eventually
general. A short time later he became vizier to King Horemheb. He was
also Primate of Egypt, which was the high priest of Amon, and was in
charge of all the temples in Egypt. Horemheb died with no heir so
Ramesses assumed the throne. His queen, Sitre, was the mother of Seti I,
who was already a veteran military commander. Ramesses was originally
buried in the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was later vandalized so the
priests removed the body to Deir el Bahri.