List of rulers of Tetzcoco
This is a list of the tlatoque of the pre-Columbian era altepetl of Tetzcoco.
Independent Tlatoque (1298-1418)
No. | Picture | Name | Reign | Epithet | Succession & notes | Death |
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Quinatzin
Quinatzin |
1298 – 1357 | Of the Earth
Tlatecatl |
First Tlatoani of Tetzcoco.
|
1357
Natural causes |
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Techotlala
Techotlala |
1357 – 1409 | Son of Quinatzin. | 1409
Natural causes | |
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Ixtlilxochitl I
Ixtlilxochitl |
1409 – 1418 | Two Rabbit
Ome Tochtli |
Son of Techotlala. | 1418 (aged c. 38)
Murdered on orders of Tezozomoc |
Tlatoque under Tepanec Suzerainty (1418-1431)
No. | Picture | Name | Reign | Succession & notes | Death |
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4 | Yancuiltzin
Yancuiltzin |
1418 – 1431 | Son of Ixtlilxochitl I.
Name also given sometime as Tilmatzin.
|
Unknown, exiled. |
Tlatoque in the Triple Alliance (1431-1520)
No. | Picture | Name | Reign | Epithet | Succession & notes | Death |
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Nezahualcoyotl I
Nezahualcoyotl |
1431 – 1472 | Jaguar Arm
Acolmiztli The Painter Yoyontzin |
Son of Ixtlilxochitl I. | 1472 (aged c. 70)
Natural causes |
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Nezahualpilli
Nezahualpilli |
1472 – 1515 | Son of Nezahualcoyotl. | 1515 (aged c. 51)
Natural causes | |
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Cacama
Cacama |
1515 – 1520 | Son of Nezahualpilli.
Appointed by Moctezuma II, rebels against this appointment fled to Otompan under Ixtlilxochitl II. |
1520 (aged c. 37)
Killed during La Noche Triste | |
8 | Cuizcuitzcatl
Cuizcuitzcatl |
1520 | Son of Nezahualpilli.
|
1520
Killed by Coanacoch | ||
9 | Coanacoch
Coanacoch |
1520 – 1521 | Son of Nezahualpilli. | 1525
Hanged on the orders of Hernan Cortes |
Tlatoque under colonial Spanish rule (1521-)
No. | Picture | Name | Reign | Succession & notes | Death |
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(9) | Coanacoch
Pedro de Alvarado Coanacochtzin |
1521 – 1525 | Son of Nezahualpilli. | 1525
Hanged on the orders of Hernan Cortes | |
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Ixtlilxochitl II
Fernando Cortes Ixtlilxochitl |
1525 – 1531 | Son of Nezahualpilli.
|
1531 (aged c. 35)
Natural causes |
11 | Yoyontzin
Jorge Alvarado Yoyontzin |
1531 – 1534 | Son of Nezahualpilli. | 1534
Natural causes | |
12 | Tetlahuehuetzquititzin
Pedro Tetlahuehuetzquititzin |
1534 – 1539 | Son of Nezahualpilli. | 1539
Natural causes | |
13 | Ometochtzin
Carlos Ometochtzin Chichimecatecatl |
1539 | Son of Nezahualpilli. | 1539
Continued to practice pre-colonial religion, burnt at the stake by Bishop Juan de Zumarraga | |
14 | Tlahuitoltzin
Antonio Pimentel Tlahuitoltzin |
1539 – 1545 | Son of Nezahualpilli. | 1545
Natural causes | |
15 | Nezahualcoyotl II
Hernando Pimentel Nezahualcoyotl |
1545 – 1565 | Son of Coanacoch. | 1565
Natural causes | |
16 | Tecocoltzin
Diego Tecocolchi |
1565 – 1577 | Son of Coanacoch. | 1577
Natural causes |
See also
Notes
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.