Huacaltzintli
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Huacaltzintli was a Princess of Tlatelolco
and Queen
of Tenochtitlan. She was a daughter of the king Quaquapitzahuac
and sister of the king Tlacateotl
and queen Matlalatzin
. Her husband was Itzcoatl
, Aztec emperor. She bore him son called Tezozomoc
. She was a grandmother of kings Axayacatl
, Tizoc
and Ahuitzotl.
Tlatelolco (altepetl)
Tlatelolco was a pre-Columbian Nahua altepetl in the Valley of Mexico. Its inhabitants were known as Tlatelolca. The Tlatelolca were a part of the Mexica ethnic group, a Nahuatl speaking people who arrived in what is now central Mexico in the 13th century...
and 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. She was a daughter of the king 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:...
and sister of the king Tlacateotl
Tlacateotl
Tlacateotl was the second ruler of the Aztec city of Tlatelolco.-Family:He succeeded his father, Quaquapitzahuac, upon his death in 1407. He was a brother of the queens Matlalatzin and Huacaltzintli and grandson of the famous king Tezozomoc...
and queen Matlalatzin
Matlalatzin
Matlalatzin was a Queen of Tenochtitlan as a wife of the king Chimalpopoca, and was a princess by birth. She was a daughter of Quaquapitzahuac, king of Tlatelolco, and sister of the king Tlacateotl and queen Huacaltzintli. She bore seven children....
. Her husband was Itzcoatl
Itzcóatl
Itzcoatl was the fourth emperor of the Aztecs, ruling from 1427 to 1440, the period when the Mexica threw off the domination of the Tepanecs and laid the foundations for the eventual Aztec Empire.- Biography :...
, Aztec emperor. She bore him son called Tezozomoc
Tezozomoc (son of Itzcoatl)
Tezozomoc was a son of Itzcoatl, the fourth Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan. Although he never became ruler himself, he was married to Atotoztli, daughter of Moctezuma I , and three of his sons — Axayacatl, Tizoc, and Ahuitzotl — would become the sixth, seventh and eighth rulers, respectively...
. She was a grandmother of kings Axayacatl
Axayacatl
Axayacatl was the sixth Aztec Emperor, a ruler of the Postclassic Mesoamerican Aztec Empire and city of Tenochtitlan, who reigned from 1469 to 1481.He is chiefly remembered for subjugating Tlatelolco, Tenochtitlan's sister city, in 1473....
, Tizoc
Tízoc
Tizocic or Tizocicatzin , usually known in English as Tizoc, was the seventh tlatoani of Tenochtitlan.-Biography:...
and Ahuitzotl.