Ayauhcihuatl

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Ayauhcihuatl
Empress of Tenochtitlan
SpouseEmperor Huitzilihuitl
IssueEmperor Chimalpopoca
FatherEmperor Tezozomoc
Depiction of Ayauhcihuatl's son Chimalpopoca and his rule Codex Mendoza folio 4v.jpg
Depiction of Ayauhcihuatl's son Chimalpopoca and his rule

Ayauhcihuatl was a Queen of Tenochtitlan.

Biography

Ayauhcihuatl was born as a princess of Azcapotzalco. She was a daughter of King Tezozomoc and sister of Kings Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl, Quaquapitzahuac, Epcoatl, Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin and Maxtla. [1] She was sent to Tenochtitlan with many attendants and was very well received. She married a king of Tenochtitlan, Huitzilihuitl, and she bore him his successor Chimalpopoca. Ayauhcihuatl and her son later visited her father. [2]

Contents

Family tree

Tezozomoc of Azcapotzalco
Ayauhcihuatl
Chimalpopoca of Tenochtitlan

See also

Notes

  1. García Purón (1984, p. 31)
  2. The history of the Indies of New Spain, by Diego Durán and Doris Heyden
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Wives of Acamapichtli
Queen of Tenochtitlan
1396-1417
(estimated)
Succeeded by
Wives of Chimalpopoca

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