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Pentawer
Pentawer (or "Pentaweret") was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 20th Dynasty, a son of Pharaoh Ramesses III and a secondary wife, Tiye. He was involved in the so-called "harem conspiracy", a plot to kill his father and place him on the throne. He either killed himself or was executed following the assassination of Ramesses III.
Conspiracy.
Pentawer was to be the beneficiary of the harem conspiracy, probably initiated by his mother Tiye, to assassinate the pharaoh. Tiye
wanted her son to succeed the pharaoh, even though the chosen heir was a son of the chief queen Iset Ta-Hemdjert. According to the Judicial Papyrus of Turin, Pentawer was among those who were made to stand trial for their participation in the conspiracy. It is likely that he was forced to kill himself. The papyrus refers to this laconically:
"They [i.e. the judges] left him in his place, he took his own life."
Historian Susan Redford speculates that Pentawer, being a noble