Neferure

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Neferure was the daughter of Thutmose II and his officially recognized wife Hatshepsut, the only child we know about, thus probably the only one who survived infancy. She had been trained from birth by the Queen to assume Hatshepsut's role as Pharaoh once the Queen passed on and so was tutored by some of her most trusted adviors, such as Senenmut and Ahmose Pen-Nekhebet. Thutmose III felt his son (by another wife), Amenhotep II, should rule as his heir. Thutmose likely felt that if Amenhotep came to the throne as a young child, as he himself had, his wife Neferure would likely have controlled Egypt the same way Hatshepsut had with him.

Neferure was officially the wife of Thutmose III, and was given the usual titles of "God's Wife of Amun" and "Lady of the Two Lands." However, after Hatshepsut's death Neferure was replaced as Thutmose's wife and she herself seems to have completely disappeared after year 11 of Thutmose's reign, thus removing her as competition with Amenhotep II for rule over Egypt.

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• touregypt.net/who/neferure.htm Who's Who of Egyptian People: Neferu-Re