Tlapalizquixochtzin Explained

Tlapalizquixochtzin
Succession:	Queen regnant of Ecatepec
Reign-Type:	Reign
Reign:	c. early 16th century
Succession1:	Empress consort of the Aztec Empire Queen consort of Tenochtitlan
Reign-Type1:	Tenure
Reign1:	c. early 16th century
Regent1:	Teotlalco
Reg-Type1:	Co-consort
Spouse:	Moctezuma II
Issue:	Francisca de Moctezuma
Father:	Matlaccoatzin

Tlapalizquixochtzin was an Aztec noblewoman and Queen regnant of the Aztec city of Ecatepec. She was also a consort of Moctezuma II.^{[1] [2]}

Family

She was born as a Princess – daughter of Matlaccoatzin and thus a granddaughter of the King Chimalpilli I and sister of Princess Tlacuilolxochtzin.^[2]

Tlapalizquixochtzin married Aztec emperor Moctezuma II (c. 1466 – June 1520). Their daughter was Doña Francisca de Moctezuma.^[2]

Her nephew was King Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin.^[3]

See also

• List of Tenochtitlan rulers
• Teotlalco
• Azcasuch
• Aztec emperors family tree

Notes and References

1. New World, First Nations: Native Peoples of Mesoamerica and the Andes Under Colonial Rule by David Patrick Cahill and Blanca Tovías
2. Book: Chimalpahin, Domingo. Chimalpahin. Arthur J. O.. Anderson. Susan. Schroeder. Codex Chimalpahin: Society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlateloloco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, and other Nahua Altepetl in Central Mexico. 2. University of Oklahoma Press. 1997. 9780806129501. 17th century. 101.
3. Book: James Lockhart (historian)

   . Lockhart, James . James Lockhart (historian) . 1992 . 1996 . 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.