Editing Ramesses I (section)

==Origins==
{{see also|Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt family tree}}
[[File:Stela of Ramesses I with Seth.jpg|thumb|Stela of Ramesses I with the god [[Seth]], for whom he was once the [[High Priest]] of under Amenhotep III.]]

Originally called '''Paramessu''', Ramesses I was of non-royal birth, being born into a noble military family from the [[Nile Delta]] region, perhaps near the former [[Hyksos]] capital of [[Avaris]]. He was a son of a troop commander called [[Seti (commander)|Seti]]. His uncle Khaemwaset, an army officer, married Tamwadjesy, the matron of [[Tutankhamun]]'s<ref>Kawai, N., 2015: ''The Administrators and Notables in Nubia under Tutankhamun''. In: R. Jasnow and K.M. Cooney (Ed.) with the assistance of K.E. Davis, Joyful in Thebes Egyptological Studies in Honor of Betsy M. Bryan (Material and Visual Culture of Ancient Egypt 1), Atlanta.</ref> Harem of [[Amun]], who was a relative of [[Amenhotep called Huy|Huy]], the viceroy of [[Kingdom of Kush|Kush]], an important state post.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cruz-Uribe|first=Eugene|date=1978|title=The Father of Ramses I: OI 11456|jstor=544684|journal=Journal of Near Eastern Studies|volume=37|issue=3|pages=237–244|doi=10.1086/372654|s2cid=162197658}}</ref> This shows the high status of Ramesses' family. Ramesses I found favor with [[Horemheb]], the last pharaoh of the tumultuous [[Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt|Eighteenth Dynasty]], who appointed the former as his [[Vizier (Ancient Egypt)|vizier]]. As Paramessu, Ramesses also served as the [[High Priest]] of [[Set (deity)|Seth]] under [[Amenhotep III]]<ref>P. Montert, ''Everyday Life in Egypt in the Days of Ramesses The Great'', 1974, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-Hk58E8jVPkC&pg=PA197 197].</ref>—as such, he would have played an important role in the restoration of the old religion following the [[Atenism|Amarna heresy]] of a generation earlier, under [[Akhenaten]].

Horemheb himself had been a nobleman from outside the immediate royal family, who rose through the ranks of the Egyptian army to serve as the royal advisor to [[Tutankhamun]] and [[Ay (pharaoh)|Ay]] and, ultimately, pharaoh. Since Horemheb had no surviving children, he ultimately chose Ramesses to be his heir in the final years of his reign presumably because Ramesses I was both an able administrator and had a son ([[Seti I]]) and a grandson (the future [[Ramesses II]]) to succeed him and thus avoid any succession difficulties.