List of rulers of Tlatelolco

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This is a list of the tlatoque of the pre-Columbian era altepetl of Tlatelolco .

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Pre-Hispanic rulers

TlatoaniPictureBirthDeathNotes
Quaquapitzahuac
2 Reed (1403) [1] 4 Rabbit (1418) [2]
Cuacuauhpitzahuac.png Son of Tezozomoc of Azcapotzalco [3] 4 Rabbit (1418) [2] His wife was Acxocueitl.
Tlacateotl
13 Lizard
4 Rabbit (1418) [2] 12 Rabbit (1426) [4]
Tlacateotl2.jpg Son of Quaquapitzahuac [5] 12 Rabbit (1426)
Atzompan [6]
Killed by the Acolhua [7]
His wife was his aunt Xiuhcanahualtzin.
Quauhtlatoa
1 Vulture
1 Flint (1428) [8] 4 Reed (1431) [9] /7 Flint (1460) [10] /8 House (1461) [11]
Quauhtlatoa.jpg Son of Acolmiztli [8] 4 Reed (1431) [9] /7 Flint (1460) [10] /8 House (1461) [11]
Killed by the Tenochca
Moquihuix
13 Monkey
7 Flint (1460) [10] 7 House (1473) [12]
Moquihuix mendoza.jpg Married to Chalchiuhnenetzin, younger sister of the Tenochca ruler Axayacatl, 7 House (1473) [13]
Killed by the Tenochca [14]
Installed by Moctezuma I and Axayacatl of Tenochtitlan. [10]
Itzquauhtzin
9 Reed (1475) [15] 2 Flint (1520) [16]
Moctezuma and itzquauhtzin.jpg Son of Tlacateotl [15] 2 Flint (1520)
Killed by the Spaniards [16]
A cuauhtlatoani (interim ruler). Installed by Axayacatl of Tenochtitlan. [15]

Colonial rulers

TlatoaniPictureBirthDeathNotes
Diego de Mendoza
4 House (1549) [17] 5 Rabbit (1562) [18]
Son of Zayoltzin [17] 20 December
5 Rabbit (1562) [18]
Miguel García Oquiztzin
10 Reed (1567) [19] 9 Reed (1579) [20]
9 Reed (1579)

See also

Notes

  1. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 230–231.
  2. 1 2 3 Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 124–125.
  3. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 124–127.
  4. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 128–129, 230–231
  5. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 124–125, 128–129.
  6. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 230–231.
  7. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 128–131.
  8. 1 2 Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 130–131.
  9. 1 2 Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 232–233.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 132–133.
  11. 1 2 Codex Telleriano-Remensis: f. 33v.
  12. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 136–137, 234–235; Codex Telleriano-Remensis: f. 36v.
  13. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 234–235
  14. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 136–139.
  15. 1 2 3 Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 140–141.
  16. 1 2 Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 158–159.
  17. 1 2 Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 172–173.
  18. 1 2 Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 174–175, 236–237.
  19. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 174–175.
  20. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 176–177.

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