Chimalpilli II explained

Chimalpilli II
Succession:Tlatoani of Ecatepec
Successor:Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin
Father:Ahuitzotl[1]
Mother:Unknown
House-Type:Dynasty
House:Royal family of Tenochtitlan
Predecessor:Matlaccohuatl[2]

Chimalpilli II (died in year 2 Técpatl) was a Tlatoani (ruler) of the Nahua altepetl (city-state) Ecatepec, in 16th-century Mesoamerica.[3]

The first known tlatoani of Ecatepec was Chimalpilli I, grandson of an Aztec tlatoani.

The successor of Chimalpilli II was Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin, who also became tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, as well as its governor (Cabildo of San Juan Tenochtitlan) under the colonial Spanish system of government.

Family

Chimalpilli was a son of Aztec tlatoani Ahuitzotl and grandson of Atotoztli II (daughter of Moctezuma I) and Tezozomoc. He was a nephew of tlatoani Axayacatl and Tizoc and of Chalchiuhnenetzin; and cousin of Moctezuma II and Cuitláhuac.[3] [4]

His brother was tlatoani Cuauhtémoc.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Hassig, Ross (1988): Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.
  2. Arqueología de superficie en San Cristóbal Ecatepec, Estado de México: un estudio del desarrollo de las fuerzas productivas en el México prehispánico by Humberto Domínguez Chávez, Wilfrido Du Solier
  3. Moctezuma's children: Aztec royalty under Spanish rule, 1520-1700 by Donald E. Chipman
  4. Book: Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin. Chimalpahin

    . Chimalpahin . Codex Chimalpahin: society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan and other Nahua Altepetl in central Mexico. 16 October 2011. September 1997. University of Oklahoma Press. 978-0-8061-2950-1. 111.

  5. Book: Matthew Restall

    . Restall, Matthew . Matthew Restall . 2004 . . Oxford and New York . . 1st pbk. 0-19-517611-1 . 56695639.