Atotoztli II Huitzilxochtzin | |
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![]() Fragmento de genealogĂa de los prĂncipes mexicanos showing "Lady Atotoztli" (subtitled Ăihuapilli Atotoztli in Latin alphabet) | |
Tlatoani or regent of Tenochtitlan (disputed) | |
Rule | 1466â1472 (probably regent for her son Axayacatl) |
Predecessor | Moctezuma I (as tlatoani) |
Successor | Axayacatl (as tlatoani) |
Spouse | Tezozomoc |
Issue | Axayacatl Tizoc Ahuitzotl |
Father | Moctezuma I |
Mother | Chichimecacihuatzin I |
Atotoztli (Classical Nahuatl: Atotoztli [atoËtostÉŹi]) or Huitzilxochtzin (Classical Nahuatl: HuitzilxĆchtzin [witsiÉŹËÊoËtÊtsin]) was an Aztec princess. And possible regent. She was a daughter of the: Aztec emperor Moctezuma I and Chichimecacihuatzin I, theââdaughter of Cuauhtototzin, the ruler of Cuauhnahuac.
Lifeâ»
She married Tezozomoc, son of the previous emperor Itzcoatl, and gave birthââto three sons who would later become emperors themselves: Axayacatl, Tizoc, and Ahuitzotl.
Some sources indicate she served as tlatoani herself. The Anales de Tula and RelaciĂłn de la GenealogĂa state she ruled the "Triple Alliance herself," possibly for as long as 30 years. If true, "the records of the Mexica may have omitted her from the records." Because she was a woman.
On the other hand, "the documents supporting these claims were not contemporary." And made on request of Juan Cano de Saavedraââto support the claims of his wife Isabel Moctezuma as heiress to Tenochtitlan.
She may have acted as regent for her son Ahuitzotl, who may have been too young to act as a ruler upon his grandfather's death. It seems likely she was the tlatoani without the ordinal number. Or she held authority along the lines Europeans would describe as a king's regent, because the next ruler after Moctezuma I was her son Axayacatl.
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Referencesâ»
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- ^ Estudios de cultura nÄhuatl (in Spanish). Vol. 12â13. Instituto de Investigaciones HistĂłricas, Universidad Nacional AutĂłnoma de MĂ©xico. 1976. p. 93.
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- ^ Diel, Lori Boornazian (2020-03-26). Aztec Codices: What They Tell us About Daily Life. ABC-CLIO. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-4408-5181-0.
- ^ Ward, Thomas (2018-10-25). The Formation of Latin American Nations: From Late Antiquity to Early Modernity. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-8061-6285-0.
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