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Karomama II

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Burial
  
Thebes?

Issue
  
Osorkon III

Mother
  
Tentsepeh C

Children
  
Osorkon III

Great-grandparents
  
Takelot I, Kapes

Spouse
  
Pharaoh Takelot II

Dynasty
  
22nd – 23rd Dynasty

Parents
  
Nimlot C

Grandparent
  
Osorkon II

Karomama II

Father
  
High Priest of Amun Nimlot C

Grandchildren
  
Takelot III, Rudamun, Shepenupet I

Similar
  
Takelot II, Osorkon III, Osorkon II, Takelot III, Rudamun

Karomama II (full name Karomama Meritmut; also known as Karomama D, Merytmut II) was an ancient Egyptian queen, Great Royal Wife of pharaoh Takelot II of the 23rd Dynasty of Egypt.

Family

Karomama brought various titles such as King's Wife, King's Daughter, Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt. She was a daughter of the High Priest of Amun Nimlot C and the lady Tentsepeh C. Her paternal grandparents were pharaoh Osorkon II and queen Djedmutesankh.

Karomama married pharaoh Takelot II and was mother of pharaoh Osorkon III. Karomama also was the grandmother of both pharaohs Takelot III and Rudamun and of the God's Wife of Amun Shepenupet I Karomama is known from the Chronicle of Osorkon B at Karnak and the Nile Quay Texts dating to the reign of her son Osorkon III.

Osorkon II = Djedmutesankh | Nimlot C = Tentsepeh C | Karomama II = Takelot II | Osorkon III

References

Karomama II Wikipedia