Queen Nefertari ruled in Thebes alongside Pharaoh Ramesses II
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The records to Nefertari give us no hint as to her origin or family. But, she was entombed in the Valley of Queens, which is now ancient Thebes.
Rameses ii was married to Nefertari.
Nefertari was his chief wife. He must have had many others they are just not recorded in history as Nefertari is. When a pharoah died some of his living wives would be inherited by the net pharoah. Also, Ramesse 2 apparently had over 100 children, so he must have had many wives.
Ramesses II
He had a lot: Nefertari, Isetnofret, Maathorneferure, Meritamen, Bintanath, Nebettawy, and Henutmire.
They are not the same height. The temple at Abu Simbel (the Egyptian "Temple of Ri'amsese-meryamun") shows four colossal seated statues of king Rameses II, each about 21 meters high. Each large statue of the king has tiny standing statues of his relatives by his legs, including queen Nefertari, queen Muttuya, prince Amenhirkhopshef and princess Bent'anta. Each of these is shorter than the king's lower leg. The link below shows a close-up of the statue of Nefertari, alongside the king's leg: