What Was Hatshepsut Family Background

1. What was Hatshepsut's family background? Hatshepsut was born in 1508 BCE, the daughter of pharaoh Thutmose I and Queen Ahmose. She had only one full sibling which was her only full-blooded sister, Neferubity, however, died during her infancy. Hatshepsut also had 3 half-blooded siblings whom the minor Queen Mutnofret bore her three sons; Amenmose, Wadjmose and Thutmose II. Though, Amenmose and Wadjmose both died before reaching adulthood. After the death of the pharaoh Thutmose I, Hatshepsut married her half-brother, Thutmose II, who became the next pharaoh as she became his Great Wife. They soon bore a daughter named, Neferure. There were possibilities that Thutmose II had born other children from insignificant wives, maybe a daughter, Meryt-nub, and a son, Thutmose III from his concubine named Isis. 2. What does evidence show about Hatshepsut's claims to the throne? ff 3. How did Hatshepsut's marriage to Thutmoses II assist her with her rise to prominence? Hatshepsut, the daughter of Thutmose I and God's Wife of Amun, Queen Ahmose, was the starting point of Hatshepsut's ability to gain more power through the opportunity in the marriage to Thutmose II. Because of the marriage with Thutmose II, she assumed the role as

As throne name, she possesses various titles that often indicated the pharaoh's personal agenda which lead to the changes in title over time such as Son of Re, Horus of Gold, Horus, He of the Sedge and the Bee, and Beloved to the Two Ladies. Hatshepsut accompanied the changes in her royal image over time that often experiment and reflect the gender qualities as pharaoh. French scholar Roland Tefnin suggested that Hatshepsut's statues changes from female to male elements, which could often indicate that her position as pharaoh collided against the ideologies of a prominent patriarchal