Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut Hatshepsut My report is on Queen Hatshepsut, she was the first great women in recorded history. Daughter of Thutmose ( 1504-1492 BC) and Queen Ahmose Nefertari,who was married to her half-brother Thutmose the second (1492-1479 BC), the son of a secondary wife, perhaps in order to strengthen his claim to the throne. She had a daughter, Neferura, by Thutmose the second, the but the heir to the throne, the future Thutmose the third was the son of one of Thutmose the second`s concubincs. Since Thutmose the third (1479-1425 BC), was only male child, he was married to his half-sister Neferura in order in reinforce his position. Because Thutmose the third was still young when his father died, Hatshepsut was appointed regent, and she took the further step of having herself crowned king, allowing her to continue to enjoy a long Coregency with the young Thutmose, thus effectively blocking him from full power. In this she appears to have had the support of the priests of Amun, and some of the reliefs in her mortuary temple at Deir El-Bahri reinforced her claim by emphasizing her divine birth, the result of a union between Amun and her mother Queen Ahmose. She was probably thutmose, hatshepsut, third, temple, amun, simply, queen, possible, mortuary, great, became, bc, young, years, took, throne, son, second, ruled, recorded, queen`s, power, part, order, neferura, much, married, lover, kingship, king, herself, heir, hatshepsut`s, father, egypt, during