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Thutmose III was co-regent with Hatshepsut the Female Pharaoh then
became a warrior Pharaoh
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Thutmose III was co-regent with Hatshepsut and then became a warrior PharaohThutmose III (also written as Tuthmosis III) was Pharaoh of Egypt in the Eighteenth Dynasty. He ruled from 1479 BC to 1426 BC. Thutmose III was the son of Pharaoh Thutmose II and Isis, a minor wife. When Thutmose II died in 1479 BC, Thutmose III became ruler. However, he shared power from the beginning of his reign with Hatshepsut, his father's wife, who acted as regent and eventually as the dominant co-ruler. |
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For approximately 22 years Thutmose III had little power over the empire. He married Hatshepsut's youngest daughter, Meritre, with whom he had a son named Amenhotep II.
With the death of Hatshepsut, Thutmose III ruled by himself until his death in 1426 BC.
Thutmose was an active expansionist ruler, sometimes referred to as the Napoleon of Egypt, because he was recorded to have captured 350 cities during his rule, conquering much of the Near East, from the Euphrates to Nubia. He was the first Pharaoh to cross the Euphrates, during his campaign against the Hanilgalbat.
Thutmose III made a total of 17 known military campaigns. He defeated a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh in the Battle of Megiddo. After victory in battle he conquered Megiddo after a siege of 7 or 8 months.
Thutmose III's tomb in the Valley of the Kings (KV34) is the first in which we find the complete Amduat, an important New Kingdom funerary text.
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