Tlapalizquixochtzin

Tlapalizquixochtzin
Queen regnant of Ecatepec
Reignc. early 16th century
Empress consort of the Aztec Empire
Queen consort of Tenochtitlan
Tenurec. early 16th century
Co-consortTeotlalco
SpouseMoctezuma II
IssueFrancisca de Moctezuma
FatherMatlaccoatzin

Tlapalizquixochtzin was an Aztec noblewoman and Queen regnant of the Aztec city of Ecatepec. She was also a consort of Moctezuma II.[1][2]

Family

Moctezuma II, husband of Tlapalizquixochtzin

She was born as a Princess – daughter of Matlaccoatzin and thus a granddaughter of the King Chimalpilli I and sister of Princess Tlacuilolxochtzin.[2]

Tlapalizquixochtzin married Aztec emperor Moctezuma II (c. 1466 – June 1520). Their daughter was Doña Francisca de Moctezuma.[2]

Her nephew was King Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ New World, First Nations: Native Peoples of Mesoamerica and the Andes Under Colonial Rule by David Patrick Cahill and Blanca Tovías
  2. ^ a b c Chimalpahin, Domingo (1997) [17th century]. Anderson, Arthur J. O.; Schroeder, Susan (eds.). Codex Chimalpahin: Society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlateloloco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, and other Nahua Altepetl in Central Mexico. Vol. 2. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780806129501.
  3. ^ Lockhart, James (1996) [1992]. The Nahuas After the Conquest: A Social and Cultural History of the Indians of Central Mexico, Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2317-6. OCLC 24283718.
Royal titles
Preceded by
Wives of Ahuitzotl
 Queen consort of Tenochtitlan
1502–1520
(estimated) 		Succeeded by
Wives of Cuitláhuac