Ayauhcihuatl was a Queen

Queen consort

A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

 of Tenochtitlan.

Biography

Ayauhcihuatl was born as a princess of Azcapotzalco

Azcapotzalco

Azcapotzalco is one of the 16 delegaciones into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. Azcapotzalco is in the northwestern part of Mexico City...

. She was a daughter of King Tezozomoc and sister of Kings Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl

Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl

Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl was the first tlatoani of the pre-Columbian Tepanec altepetl of Tlacopan in the Valley of Mexico....

, Quaquapitzahuac

Quaquapitzahuac

Quaquapitzahuac was the first ruler of the Aztec city of Tlatelolco. His name, which means "Slender Horn", was pronounced in Classical Nahuatl, and is also spelled Cuacuauhpitzahuac, Cuacuapitzahuac, and Quaquauhpitzahuac.-Family:...

, Epcoatl, Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin

Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin

Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin was the second king of Tiliuhcan. He is mentioned in Crónica mexicáyotl.-Biography:Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin was a son of Tezozomoc, famous king of Azcapotzalco. His brothers were Kings Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl, Quaquapitzahuac, Epcoatl and Maxtla and his sister was a...

 and Maxtla

Maxtla

Maxtla was a Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco from 1426 to his death in 1428. He succeeded his father Tezozomoc, possibly through assassination of his elder brother Tayauh. His reign saw a rapid decline in the fortunes of Azcapotzalco...

. She was sent to Tenochtitlan with many attendants and was very well received. She married a king of Tenochtitlan, Huitzilihuitl

Huitzilíhuitl

Huitzilihuitl was the second tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, governing from 1396 to 1417, .- Family and childhood :...

, and she bore him his successor Chimalpopoca

Chimalpopoca

Chimalpopoca was the third king of Tenochtitlan .-Rule:On the day of Chimalpopoca's coronation in 1417 , his brother Tlacaelel I was named high priest...

. Ayauhcihuatl and her son later visited her father.

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