Juan de Santo Domingo de Mendoza Tlacaeleltzin

Don Juan de Santo Domingo de Mendoza Tlacaeleltzin Chichimeca teuctli (died 1563) was the tlatoani (ruler) of in Amaquemecan, Chalco from 1548 to 1563.

Don Juan's father, don , had been the previous tlatoani of Itztlacozauhcan, having been installed there by Hernán Cortés. His mother was , don Tomás's first wife, who (according to Chimalpahin) was a Mexica noblewoman, the daughter of Tlilpotoncatzin, cihuacoatl of Tenochtitlan, thus making don Juan the great grandson of the cihuacoatl Tlacaelel, his namesake. He had two sons, don Diego and don Pedro.

Don Juan died in 1563. In 1564 his half-brother don succeeded him as tlatoani.

References[]

• Gibson, Charles (1960). "The Aztec aristocracy in colonial Mexico". Comparative Studies in Society and History. 2 (2): 169–196. doi:10.1017/S0010417500000657.
• Schroeder, Susan (1991). Chimalpahin and the Kingdoms of Chalco. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-1182-9.