Tezozomoctli (Cuauhtitlan) Explained

Tezozomoctli
Succession:Tlatoani of Cuauhtitlan
Reign:4 Rabbit3 Rabbit
1418–1430
Predecessor:Xaltemoctzin
Successor:Tecocoatzin
Birth Place:Tlatelolco
Death Date:1430
Death Place:Atzompan
Father:Tlacateotl
Mother:Xiuhtomiyauhtzin

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 Huexocalco.[1]

Tezozomoctli was born in 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.

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 Cincoc Huehuetocan that Cuauhtitlan had been captured, Tezozomoctli travelled to Atzompan where he allegedly committed suicide by poison.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Bierhorst (1992): pp. 80–81.
  2. 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.