Thutmose II died young, around 1479 B.C., and the throne went to his infant son, also born to a secondary wife. After her father’s death, 12-year-old Hatshepsut became queen of Egypt when she married her half-brother Thutmose II, the son of her father and one of his secondary wives, who inherited his father’s throne around 1492 B.C. Hatshepsut was the elder of two daughters born to Thutmose I and his queen, Ahmes.
