In addition to the resilient ladies of Hatshepsut's ancestry, Hatshepsut's mother, Amose was the next woman of great influence. She was a pureblood princess, a chief consort. Her husband, Thutmose I was her half-brother, born to Amenhotep I and Senseneb, a secondary wife. It was important to solidify the royal lineage. Therefore, Thutmose I and Amose married. Thutmose I took the name of a lunar god. Queen Amose was descended from a royal lineage so ancient that her first known ancestor was the sun. Thus, the child Hatshepsut knew that she was born with vested rights over day and night, over the two worlds of heaven and earth and over the two Egypts. Hatshepsut may have realized the importance of her mother in legitimizing the next pharaoh, her father. It was his mother's blood; his blood would also be the same as his mother's. The importance of this must have been recognized by Hatshepsut, for she would do the same for Thutmose II as her mother had done for her beloved father Thutmose I. It seemed that Hatshepsut was Thutmose I's favorite child and she constantly made that impression during his reign. She even said that her father considered her the rightful heir to the throne of Egypt. By all accounts, she was a well-liked child, extremely well-treated and well-educated. Perhaps if her self-esteem was not elevated by the glory of all her families, she would never have believed she was powerful as a king. Still, she knew how valuable she was to the kingdom and she knew she could rule its future. As she could understand, she was told that she was destined for greatness as well as a superior child of the royal family. Additionally, she had an excellent model of Pharaoh that she held on a pedestal even after her death, her...... middle of paper ......ription of Hatshepsut and related discussions (Oakville, CT: Halgo, INC., 2004). Bibliography: Robins, Gay. Women in ancient Egypt. Ed. illustrated. Great Britain: Harvard University Press, 1993. Footnote: Gay Robins, Women in Ancient Egypt, ed. illustrated. (Great Britain: Harvard University Press, 1993), Obenga, Théophile. Ancient Egypt and Black Africa: A Student's Handbook for the Study of Ancient Egypt in Philosophy, Linguistics, and Gender Relations. Chicago, IL: Karnak House Publishers, 1996.Footnote: Théophile Obenga, Ancient Egypt and Black Africa: a student's manual for the study of ancient Egypt in philosophy, linguistics and the relations between the sexes. (Chicago, IL: Karnak House Publishers, 1996), 1Watterson, Barbara. Women in ancient Egypt. Stroud,: Amberley, 2012.Footnote:Barbara Watterson, Women in Ancient Egypt (Stroud,:Amberley, 2012), 1.