The female ruler of ancient Egypt: Who is Hatshepsut?

When Tutmosis II died, his son, III. Tutmosis was too young to ascend the throne. His mother, Queen Hatshepsut, took power as regent (deputy) due to the new pharaoh's young age. Queen Hatshepsut is the daughter of Tutmosis I. She is the wife of Tutmosis II who her half-brother.

Although Hatshepsut wanted a son to continue her lineage and reign, she could not have a son. Both Hatshepsut's parents were of full and pure royal blood. In royalty, brothers married sisters so that lineages would not be corrupted. If there was no birth of a son to continue the lineage, other wives could be taken.

Hatshepsut (1507–1458 BC) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. As the principal wife of Thutmose II, Hatshepsut initially ruled as regent to Thutmose III. While Thutmose III had inherited the throne at about two years old, Hatshepsut continued to rule by asserting her lineage as the daughter and only child of Thutmose I and his primary wife, Ahmose. Hatshepsut assumed the position of pharaoh or king c. 1478 or 1479 BC and ruled until 1458 BC, the year of her death.

Hatshepsut's mother had no sons either. For the continuation of the lineage, her father took another wife and Hatshepsut married her half-brother from her father's other wife. And now Hatshepsut was living the fate of her mother. She has always been her daughter. Maybe that's why she never liked girls. She experienced the deep sadness of not having a son. She had always been her mother's daughter, and she never loved herself because she was not a man. He also had to marry his half-brother, the son of his father's new wife.

Hatshepsut, who was also on good terms with the priests, took over the administration under the name of regency, claiming the young age of her stepson Thutmose. He took his stepson away from state affairs and directed him to more military missions.

In the seventh year of his reign, she made an agreement with the high priest of the period and declared herself Pharaoh. She ruled from 1473-1458 BC.

In order to become pharaoh, Hatshepsut created a different history for herself with the abbot, who was allegedly her lover. She declared that her mother was actually with Amun Ra and that she was born by divine birth. Her birth name is Khnumt-Amun Hatshepsut. Khnumt-Amun means subordinate to Amun. Hatshepsut means the foremost of the noble women. The throne name is Maat-ka-ra, the justice/righteousness of the spirit of Ra.

In Egypt, a woman could not be a pharaoh, and Hatshepsut began to wander in the traditional male pharaoh image, wearing male clothes, a false pharaoh's beard, and ornaments. She had statues and reliefs made depicting himself as a male pharaoh. She always tried to put himself in a sacred spot in the eyes of the public.

It is said that her stepson allowed these events to prevent Egypt from falling into chaos.

At the end of her reign, there was an attempt to erase all traces of his period, her statues were destroyed, her structures were destroyed and her name was removed from the official kingdom list.