Tlacacuitlahuatzin Explained

Tlacacuitlahuatzin
King of Tiliuhcan
Successor:Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin
Issue:Miyahuaxochtzin
Matlalxochtzin
Tlacochcuetzin
Father:Huehuetzin

Tlacacuitlahuatzin was the first ruler of Tiliuhcan, a pre-Columbian Tepanec altepetl (ethnic state) near Tlacopan.[1]

Family

His father was called Huehuetzin.

His daughters Miyahuaxochtzin and Matlalxochtzin married Huitzilihuitl and Tlatolqaca (respectively), sons of Acamapichtli, the first king of Tenochtitlan.[2] Another daughter, Tlacochcuetzin, married Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl, the first king of Tlacopan.[3]

Upon his death, Tlacacuitlahuatzin was succeeded by Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin, a son of Tezozomoc, the ruler of Azcapotzalco.[4]

Tlacacuitlahuatzin was a grandfather of the prince Huehue Zaca.

References

Notes and References

  1. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 38–39.
  2. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 38–39, 118–119.
  3. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 126–127.
  4. Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 128–129.