Siptah

Siptah came to the throne as a boy, placed there by a powerful official named Bay. Opinion on his parentage is divided, with Seti II, Amenmesse, and even Merenptah suggested as possible fathers. Since he was too young to rule alone, his stepmother Tawosret, wife of Seti II, took on the role of regent. The highest date attested for his reign is Year 6, and his mummy is that of a young man of only about sixteen. He may have suffered from polio.

His cartouches in his tomb in the Valley of the Kings (KV 47) were defaced at some point, and then later restored. His funerary temple has not been identified, and likely was never completed due to his short reign. After his death his regent, Queen Tawsoret, became the sole ruler of Egypt.