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Block statue of the courtier Senenmut holding the princess Neferure in his arms, on display at the British Museum Block statue of Senenmut and Neferure. Neferure was born during the reign of Thutmose II. In Karnak Neferure is depicted with Thutmose II and Hatshepsut. [2] Thutmose II most likely died after just three years of reign. [3]
Neferneferure (Ancient Egyptian: nfr-nfr.w-rꜥ "beautiful are the beauties of Re") [1] (14th century BCE) was an ancient Egyptian princess of the 18th Dynasty. She was the fifth of six known daughters of Pharaoh Akhenaten and his Great Royal Wife Nefertiti .
Maathorneferure appears to have given birth to a daughter, probably Neferure, the 31st daughter of Ramesses II according to the Abydos procession of his children. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] The birth of this grandchild was received as happy news by the Hittite king and queen, as indicated by some of the diplomatic correspondence.
The statue has an extensive hieroglyphic story, and a lesser statue of his wife at the front, base. See Reeves Ref., pg. 14. Block statue of Senemut and Princess Neferure, Queen Hatshepsut's daughter, –New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, height 1.005 m, medium to deep black granite, high to extreme polish. Extensive hieroglyphic story: sides, front ...
Thutmose II fathered Neferure with Hatshepsut, and Thutmose III, by a lesser wife named Iset. [ 6 ] Some archaeologists believe that Hatshepsut was the real power behind the throne during Thutmose II's rule because of the similar domestic and foreign policies that were later pursued under her reign and because of her claim that she was her ...
It is harder to determine the birth order of the daughters than that of the sons. The first ten of them usually appear in the same order. Many of the princesses are known to us only from Abydos and from ostraka. The six eldest princesses have statues at the entrance of the Greater Abu Simbel temple.
Senenmut first enters the historical record on a national level as the "Steward of the God's Wife" and "Steward of the King's Daughter" ().Some Egyptologists place Senenmut's entry into royal service during the reign of Thutmose I, but it is far more likely that it occurred during either the reign of Thutmose II or while Hatshepsut was still regent and not pharaoh.
Hatshepsut only birthed a single child, the girl Neferure, with Thutmose II. However, Thutmose II's secondary wife, Isis, gave birth to a son, Thutmose III. During Thutmose III's infancy, his father Thutmose II died, leaving the throne to his son. As the son was an infant he could not yet become ruler.