List of Tenochtitlan rulers

This is a list of the tlatoque of the pre-Columbian era altepetl of Tenochtitlan.

Under the Tepanec suzerainty

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TlatoaniPictureBirthDeathNotes
Acamapichtli
7 Jaguar (20 February)
7 House (1369) – 3 Reed (1391)
Son of Opochtli Iztahuatzin and Atotoztli I3 Reed (1391)His first wife was Ilancueitl, and among his many others were Tezcatlan Miyahuatzin, Huitzilxotzin, and Xiuhcuetzin.
Chimalpopoca
3 Serpent (21 July)
1 Reed (1415) – 12 Rabbit (1426)
Son of Huitzilihuitl and Ayauhcihuatl12 Rabbit (1426)
His wife was Matlalatzin.

Emperors of the Triple Alliance (Aztec Empire)

TlatoaniPictureBirthDeathNotes
Itzcoatl
13 Water (22 June)
13 Reed (1427) – 13 Flint (1440)
Son of Acamapichtli and a commoner from Azcapotzalco13 Flint (1440)
His wife was Huacaltzintli.
Moctezuma Ilhuicamina
(Moctezuma I)
8 Serpent (22 May)
13 Flint (1440) – 3 house (1469)
Son of Huitzilihuitl and Miahuaxihuitl of Quauhnahuac3 House (1469)
His wife was Chichimecacihuatzin I.
Axayacatl
2 Rain (2 August)
3 House (1469) – 2 House (1481)
Son of Tezozomoctli and Atotoztli II2 House (1481)Married to Xochicueyetl.
Tizoc
6 Vulture (2 June)
2 House (1481) – 7 Rabbit (1486)
Son of Tezozomoctli and Atotoztli II7 Rabbit (1486)
Ahuitzotl
10 Rabbit (15 April)
7 Rabbit (1486) – 10 Rabbit (1502)
Son of Tezozomoctli and Atotoztli II10 Rabbit (1502)Married to Tlilancapatl
Moctezuma Xocoyotzin
(Moctezuma II)
9 Deer (14 April)
10 Rabbit (1502) – 2 Flint (1520)
Son of Axayacatl2 Flint (1520)Teotlalco was Moctezuma's principal wife.[1] He was also married to Tlapalizquixochtzin and many other nobles.[2]
Cuitláhuac
8 Wind (16 September)
2 Flint (1520)
Son of Axayacatl and a noblewoman of Itztapalapan2 Flint (3 December)
2 Flint (1520)
Married to a daughter of Moteixcahuia Quauhtlehuanitzin
Cuauhtémoc
Izcalli/February
3 House (1521) – 7 House (1525)
Son of Ahuitzotl7 House (27 February 1525)
Acalan

Colonial rulers

TlatoaniPictureBirthDeathNotes
Juan Velázquez Tlacotzin
7 House (1525)
Grandson of Tlacaelel II, Great-great grandson of Tlacaelel I7 House (1525)
Nochiztlan
Installed by Hernán Cortés in Huey Mollan. Died before returning to Tenochtitlan.
Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuh
7 House (1525) – 12 Rabbit (1530)
12 Rabbit (1530)
Aztatlan
Installed in Huey Mollan. A quauhtlatoani ("interim ruler").
Pablo Xochiquentzin
1 Flint (1532) – 5 Flint (1536)
5 Flint (1536)A quauhtlatoani ("interim ruler").
Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin
7 Rabbit (1539) – 10 House (1541)
Son of Tezozomoctli Aculnahuacatl, grandson of Axayacatl10 House (1541)
Diego de San Francisco Tehuetzquititzin
10 House (1541) – 10 Rabbit (1554)
Son of Tezcatl Popocatzin, grandson of Tizoc10 Rabbit (1554)
Esteban de Guzmán
10 Rabbit (1554) – 13 House (1557)
XochimilcoNot a tlatoani, but a judge (juez).
Cristóbal de Guzmán Cecetzin
13 House (1557) – 5 Rabbit (1562)
Son of Diego Huanitzin5 Rabbit (1562)Installed by Esteban de Guzmán.
Luis de Santa María Nanacacipactzin
6 Reed (1563) – 8 House (1565)
8 House (1565)Installed by Cristóbal de Guzmán Cecetzin

See also

References

  1. Moctezuma's children: Aztec royalty under Spanish rule, 1520-1700 by Donald E. Chipman
  2. New World, First Nations: Native Peoples of Mesoamerica and the Andes Under Colonial Rule by David Patrick Cahill and Blanca Tovías

The Mexica Tlatoanis (in Spanish)

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