Tlacuilolxochtzin Explained

Tlacuilolxochtzin
Princess of Ecatepec
Birth Place:Mexico
Spouse:Tezozomoctli Acolnahuacatl
Religion:Aztec
Issue:Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin
Don Francisco Matlaccoatzin
Don Carlos Oquiztzin

Tlacuilolxochtzin (Nahuatl: tɬakʷilolʃotʃtsin) was an Aztec noblewoman of very noble heritage, Lady of Ecatepec and sister of queen Tlapalizquixochtzin.

Family

She was a Princess - the daughter of Tlatoani Matlaccoatzin and thus granddaughter of the Tlatoani Chimalpilli I.[1]

Tlacuilolxochtzin was a relative to several Aztec Emperors and she married Prince Tezozomoctli Acolnahuacatl of Tenochtitlan.

Their sons were Tlatoani Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin (the first governor of Tenochtitlan), and one lord who went to Spain.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 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.

  2. Book: James Lockhart (historian)

    . Lockhart, James . James Lockhart (historian) . 1992 . 1992 . The Nahuas After the Conquest: A Social and Cultural History of the Indians of Central Mexico, Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries . Stanford . Stanford University Press . 0-8047-2317-6 . 24283718.