Tezozomoctli (Cuauhtitlan)

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Tezozomoctli
Tlatoani of Cuauhtitlan
Reign4 Rabbit – 3 Rabbit
1418–1430
Predecessor
Successor
BornTlatelolco
Died1430
FatherTlacateotl
MotherXiuhtomiyauhtzin

Tezozomoctli (originally Teçoçomoctli; ruled 1418[1]–1430[2]) was a tlatoani ("ruler" or "king") of the pre-Columbian Nahua altepetl (city-state) of Cuauhtitlan in central Mexico. His palace was located at .[1]

Tezozomoctli was born at the Mexica city of Tlatelolco. His father was Tlacateotl, who was the second tlatoani of Tlatelolco.[3] His mother was Xiuhtomiyauhtzin, the daughter of the tlatoani of Coatl Ichan, Acolmiztli.[4] Tezozomoctli was probably named after his great-grandfather, the powerful ruler of Azcapotzalco.[citation needed]

In the Tepanec War in the year 3 Rabbit (1430), Cuauhtitlan was attacked and defeated by the combined forces of the surrounding peoples. After being informed at his refuge at that Cuauhtitlan had been captured, Tezozomoctli travelled to where he allegedly committed suicide by poison.[2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Bierhorst (1992): pp. 80–81.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Bierhorst (1992): pp. 90–93.
  3. ^ Bierhorst (1992): p. 91; Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 2, pp. 59, 113. The Annals of Cuauhtitlan (in Bierhorst 1992) actually give Tezozomoctli's father once as Tlacateotl (p. 91) and once as Quauhtlatoa (pp. 80–81), Tlacateotl's successor.
  4. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 2, p. 113.
  5. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 2, pp. 111–133.

References[]

  • (tr.) (1992). . Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
  • Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997). . ed. and tr. by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder. Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press.
Preceded by
 Tlatoani of Cuauhtitlan
4 Rabbit – 3 Rabbit
1418–1430 		Succeeded by
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