Henutmire
Henutmire was an ancient Egyptian princess and queen. She was one of the eight Great [Royal Wife|Great Royal Wives] of Pharaoh Ramesses II of the 19th Dynasty of Egypt.
Life
She is supposedly the third and youngest child of Seti I and Tuya, and the younger sister of Ramesses II and Tia. This theory is based on a statue of Queen Tuya, now in the Vatican. The statue shows Tuya with Henutmire, thus it is assumed that they were mother and daughter. However, she is nowhere mentioned as "King's Sister", a title which Princess Tia used, thus it is unclear whether she was a younger sister or a daughter of Ramesses.On a statue of Ramesses II, Henutmire is granted the title "the King’s Daughter of his body, his beloved, the Great Royal Wife". This title confirms that Henutmire was indeed Ramesses II’s daughter, not his sister, and that she died during the reign of Amenmesse. One of the crimes committed by a criminal in that period was the theft of a goose at her funeral. Her lifespan further supports the conclusion that she was Ramesses II’s daughter.
Her name means "The lady is like Rê". She married Ramesses II and became Great Royal Wife; if she was his daughter, she was the fourth to do so, after Bintanath, Meritamen and Nebettawy. She is shown on statues of Ramesses from Abukir and Heliopolis. On a colossus from Hermopolis she is depicted together with Princess-Queen Bintanath. Both have the titles The Hereditary Princess, richly favoured, Mistress of the South and the North, King's Daughter, Great Royal Wife.