Pharaoh Thutmosis I

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It is estimated that Thutmosis I reigned for 11 years .
He pursued the policy of his predecessor in his interest in the military and economic exploitation of Nubia . He also opened new horizons with his expeditions to Syria .
Thutmosis I's father is unknown , but his mother was named Seniseneb . Seniseneb's parentage is equally unknown , but she had no title during her son's reign other than 'King's Mother' . Thutmosis' principal wife , Ahmose , had the titles 'King's Sister , Great Royal Wife' . Her name may suggest that Ahmose was a member of Amenhotep I's family , perhaps by Prince Ahmose-ankh .
Thutmosis I was the father of the future Queen Hatshepsut from Ahmose . The 'God's Wife of Amun' , Ahmose Nefertari , died in the reign of Thutmosis I and was replaced by Hatshepsut .
Thutmosis I married a non-royal woman (namely Mutnofret) and became the father of the future King (namely Thutmosis II) . Thutmosis I was the father of two other sons , Amenmose and Wadjmose , but their mother is uncertainly known . However , Wadjmose appeared on a statue of Mutnofret dedicated by Thutmosis II in the chapel on the south side of the Ramesseum . It has been suggested that this chapel was a family funerary Temple or more specifically a family temple for Thutmosis I's heirs from Mutnofret .
Thutmosis I and his viceroy Turi left monuments and inscriptions at a number of sites in Upper and Lower Nubia . Several brick installations may date back to his reign at the Fourth Cataract and at Napata . Blocks from buildings have survived at Sai Island and traces remain at Semna , Buhen , Aniba , and Qasr Ibrim . He added some buildings at Elephantine , Edfu , Armant , Thebes , Ombos , Abydos , Memphis and Giza . Votive objects bearing his name have been found in the Sinai at the Temple of Serabit el-Khadim .
At Abydos , Thutmosis I left a stela recording his contributions to the Temple of Osiris . According to the stela , priests then proclaimed him as the offspring of Osiris . So he wished to claim his kingship from the great gods themselves . At Karnak , he completed the alabaster chapel of Amenhotep I .
As for his military achievements , he sent a campaign to Nubia . The tombs of three of his officials –namely Turi (the King's viceroy of the South) , Ahmose son of Ibana , and Ahmose Pennekhbet –contained descriptions of this campaign , which probably took place during the second and third years of his reign . Then , Thutmosis I led his army to Syria launching the first campaign into that region .
Thutmosis I's original place of burial remains controversial . His name was found on sarcophagi from two tombs in the Valley of the Kings (KV 20 and KV 38) . The King's body may be among those from the royal cache . Yet , this suggestion is also uncertain . Two coffins of Thutmosis I , usurped for Pinudjem I (one of the chief priests of Amun at Thebes in the Twenty-First Dynasty) contained an unidentified mummy , which may possibly be the body of the King himself . There is no known funerary temple for Thutmosis I . Bricks bearing his name are attested from several locations at Deir el-Bahari . A chapel honoring Thutmosis I was included by Hatshepsut in her temple , which indicates that she venerated her ancestral line within her temple .