section_path: Early life
section_name: Early life
paragraph_text: Early life
  
  Ramesses II was not born a prince. His grandfather Ramesses I was a vizier and military officer during the reign of pharaoh Horemheb, who appointed Ramesses I as his successor; at this time, Ramesses II was about eleven years old.
  
  After Ramesses I died, his son, Seti I became king, and designated his son Ramesses II as prince regent at about the age of fourteen.