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Queen consort of Egypt
Karomama II (full name Karomama Meritmut ; also known as Karomama D, Merytmut II )[ 1] was an ancient Egyptian queen, Great Royal Wife of pharaoh Takelot II of the 23rd Dynasty of Egypt .
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 .[ 2]
Karomama married pharaoh Takelot II and was mother of pharaoh Osorkon III .[ 1] Karomama also was the grandmother of both pharaohs Takelot III and Rudamun and of the God's Wife of Amun Shepenupet I [ 2]
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
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Nimlot C = Tentsepeh C
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Karomama II = Takelot II
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Osorkon III
^ a b Kitchen, The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC). 3rd ed. Warminster: Aris & Phillips Limited. 1996
^ a b Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt . Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0500051283