General Notes
Tuthmosis III
Birth name: Tuthmosis ("Born of the God Thoth")
Throne name: Menkheperre ("Lasting is the Manifestation of Re")
Rule: 1504 - 1450 BC (5th king of the 18th dynasty, New Kingdom)
Noteworthy relatives: Tuthmosis II (father), Hatshepsut (step-mother), Amenhotep II (son), Tuthmosis I (grandfather)
Tuthmosis III was the son of Tuthmosis II and a harem girl. His father was frail and sickly and died in his early thirties, so Tuthmosis III inherited the throne as a very young child. Because he was so young, his step-mother Queen Hatshepsut acted as his regent
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