Her father was Thutmose I ; her predecessor was Thutmose II ( her brother and husband ) ; her successor was Thutmose III , the son of Thutmose II by a lesser wife . Tuthmose III was co-regent with his stepmother , and was head of the army , but Hatshepsut was the effective ruler , and the named Pharaoh . By eliminating the more obvious traces of Hatshepsut 's monuments as pharaoh and reducing her status to that of his co-regent , Thutmose III could claim that the royal succession ran directly from Thutmose II to Thutmose III without any interference from his aunt .