List of rulers of Tlatelolco

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

Pre-Hispanic rulers

Tlatoani Picture Birth Death Notes
Quaquapitzahuac
2 Reed (1403)[1] – 4 Rabbit (1418)[2]		 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]		 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]		 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]		 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]		 Son of Tlacateotl[15] 2 Flint (1520)
Killed by the Spaniards[16]		 A cuauhtlatoani (interim ruler). Installed by Axayacatl of Tenochtitlan.[15]

Colonial rulers

Tlatoani Picture Birth Death Notes
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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 130–131.
  9. ^ a b Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 232–233.
  10. ^ a b c d Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 132–133.
  11. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 140–141.
  16. ^ a b Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 158–159.
  17. ^ a b Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 172–173.
  18. ^ a b Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 174–175, 236–237.
  19. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 174–175.
  20. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 176–177.

References

  • Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997). Codex Chimalpahin: society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, and other Nahua altepetl in central Mexico: the Nahuatl and Spanish annals and accounts collected and recorded by don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin. The Civilization of the American Indian Series. edited and translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-2921-2.