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Who Is King Hatshepsut

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She was the only child of king Thutmose the I, and wife/queen Ahmose. Hatshepsut was expected to be queen. After Her father died at age 12, Hatshepsut married her half-brother, Thutmose II. During the reign of Thutmose II Hatshepsut ruled as a normal kind, not a pharaoh. Thutmose II died after a 15 year reign, making Hatshepsut a widow before the age of 30. Hatshepsut had only 1 child with Thutmose the II, and she was named Neferure. The male air was in infant, Thutmose III, so he was too young to assume the throne without any aid. Hatshepsut, was this role, even though she was a girl. Technically Hatshepsut was not the official king of Egypt but it was clear to all that she was the one with power. She began having shown herself in a traditional

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