Neferure was the daughter of Thutmose II and his officially recognized wife Hatshepsut, the only child the two ever had together. She had been trained from birth by the Queen to assume Hatshepsut's role as Pharaoh once the Queen passed on. 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. nomen or birth name Akheperenre Thutmose II (d. ... An indurated limestone sculpture of Hatshepsut in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ... Pharaoh (Arabic فرعون ) (Hebrew פַּרְעֹה ); is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. ... nomen or birth name Aakheperure Amenhotep II (d. ...

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. The title of Gods Wife of Amun first appears during Ancient Egypts 10th and 12th Dynasties, when it was held by non-royal women serving Min, Amun and Ptah, but it was at the beginning of the New Kingdom, when the title started to be held by royal...