Matlalatzin

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Matlalatzin
Queen of Tenochtitlan
Spouse Chimalpopoca
Issue7
Father Quaquapitzahuac
Mother Acxocueitl

Matlalatzin was a Queen of Tenochtitlan as a wife of the king Chimalpopoca, and was a princess by birth. [1] She was a daughter of Quaquapitzahuac, king of Tlatelolco, [2] and sister of the king Tlacateotl and queen Huacaltzintli. [3] She bore seven children. [4]

She and her husband were cousins.

See also

Notes

  1. Diario de México
  2. Anales de Tlatelolco
  3. Historia de la Nación Chichimeca
  4. Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875). The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America: Primitive history. History Company. p. 366.
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Wives of Huitzilihuitl
Queen of Tenochtitlan
1417–1427
(estimated)
Succeeded by
Wives of Itzcoatl

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