Ramesses (also commonly spelled "Ramses" or "Rameses" ) is the name conventionally given in English transliteration to eleven Egyptian pharaohs of the later New Kingdom period. The name essentially translates as "Born of the sun-god Ra". 18th Dynasty · Ramesses 19th Dynasty · Ramesses I: founder of the 19th Dynasty · Ramesses II ("the Great") 20th Dynasty · Ramesses III: adversary of the Sea Peoples · Ramesses IV · Ramesses V · Ramesses VI · Ramesses VII · Ramesses VIII · Ramesses IX · Ramesses X · Ramesses XI: last ruler of the Egyptian New Kingdom Other ramses or Pi-Ramesses is the name of the reconstructed city of Avaris, renamed after the Ramesses pharaohs. · the fict