Xiuhcanahualtzin Explained

Xiuhcanahualtzin
Queen of Tlatelolco
Father:Tezozomoc
Mother:Queen Tzihuacxochitzin I
Issue:3

Xiuhcanahualtzin was a Princess of Azcapotzalco and Queen of Tlatelolco by marriage.

Family

She was a daughter of the king Tezozomoc and Tzihuacxochitzin and sister of the king Quaquapitzahuac.[1] [2] She married her nephew Tlacateotl, who was a successor of his father Quaquapitzahuac as the king of Tlatelolco. They had three children; one of them was Itzquauhtzin.[3]

She was also a sister of the king Maxtla.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón 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. From Codex Chimalpahin:"The ninth [child of Tezozomoc] was named Xiuhcanahualtzin."
  3. "And Xiuhcanahualtzin took Tlacateotzin, ruler of Tlatelolco; it was just her nephew that she married."