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Neferure meaning “the Re` s beauty”, was
the daughter of Thutmose II and of Hatshepsut. Thutmose III was
her half-brother. After her mother was promoted as pharaoh,
Neferure gained a powerful position inside the royal court.
Neferure received a special education from her mother’s advisers
like Senemut, Ahmose and Senimen. Eight statues of Senemut with
Neferure were discovered, the arm of Senemut being around her,
in a protective way.Neferure was described as the Great Wife
after Hatshepsut became a pharaoh; in an inscription discovered
at Sinai, she is called “the King` s daughter, the king’s wife”.
It seems that she was prepared to become a pharaoh too and she
was destined to marry with Thutmose III which happened in the
end. But she passed away before his husband became a pharaoh;
this is why she was not recorded as Thutmose III’s Great Royal
Wife. There are only few images of Neferure as an adult and more
images of her as a child. In a Karnak relief she appears with
Hatshepsut as a pharaoh; she is also depicted with Amun and in
the text she appears as the Amun God` s Wife. There is no
exactly information about the year of the Neferure` s death, but
it seems that she died very young. In the first tomb of Senemut
she appears depicted; her name appears on an inscription from
Serbit el Khadim but in Senemut’s second tomb she doesn’t` t
appear. There are some speculations about her still being alive
when Thutmose became pharaoh, according to a reference about her
in Djeser-Djeseru. It is also mentioned her as being the mother
of Thutmose’s first child, Amenemhat. A tomb that could belong
to Neferure was discovered but no remains of her were found
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