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Seti I 

(meryenptah) Menmaatre

Dynasty 19

Seti I Pharaoh Biography BC
Seti I had held the same titles of Vizier and Troop Commander as his father, Ramses I, whom he rapidly succeeded.

In order to restore Egyptian fortunes after the instability under the Amarna kings, he inaugurated a policy of major building at home and a committed foreign policy abroad.

Image of Seti I from his temple in Abydos

He took the additional title of 'Repeater of Births', signifying the beginning of a new and legitimate era.

It was indeed a period of rebirth for Egypt, and during Seti's year reign Egyptian art and culture achieved a maturity and sophistication that were scarcely equalled in later centuries. Seti married within his own military 'caste', choosing Tuya, the daughter of a lieutenant of chariotry, Raia.

Their first child was a boy, who died young, and their second a daughter, Tia. Their third, another boy, took his grandfather's name and