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Who was Queen Hatshepsut?

The longest-reigning female pharaoh in Egypt

Hatshepsut was the female pharaoh of the XVIII dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt who ruled the country around 1479 – 1458.

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Queen Hatshepsut was the daughter of the third pharaoh of the XVIII dynasty of Thutmosis I and Queen Yakhmos – the daughter of the founder of the dynasty of pharaohYahmosIand Queen Yakhmos-Nefertari. Thus, she was the granddaughter of Yakhmos I.

The name Hatshepsut means, “In front of noble ladies.”

Siblings of Queen Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut had only one sister, Nefrubiti, as well as two siblings, Wajmos and Amenmos, and half brother of Thutmose II from the secondary queen Mutnofret.

The two younger brothers of Hatshepsut: Wajmos and Amenmos died in infancy. Her sister Nefrubiti also died before the death of her mother. Therefore, after the death of Thutmose I, she married her half-brother Thutmose II, thus preserving the continuity of th