In 1245 BCE, Ramses II married the first-born daughter of Hittite king Hattusilis and cemented a lon
In 1245 BCE, Ramses II married the first-born daughter of Hittite king Hattusilis and cemented a long-negotiated alliance with Egypt’s perennial rival. Perhaps more importantly, he took her as his principal wife. Ramses II had already taken five non-Egyptian wives, all considered secondary consorts. So he was honoring the Hittites by considering their daughter his principal wife. But the exchange with the Hittite king was not equal. Hattusilis could not ask for an Egyptian princess to make his queen in return. The pharaohs never allowed their own daughters to go abroad. It was their way of demonstrating that, for all the military power of the Hittites, an Egyptian pharaoh enjoyed higher status. -- source link
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