Don Pablo Xochiquentzin was a ruler of the Aztec

Aztec

The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the late post-classic period in Mesoamerican chronology.Aztec is the...

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Like his predecessor, Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuh

Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuh

Don Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuhtzin Huitznahuatlailótlac was the ruler of Tenochtitlan .After the death of Don Juan Velázquez Tlacotzin in Nochixtlan in 1525, Hernán Cortés chose Don Andrés Motelchiuhtzin as the new ruler of Tenochtitlan....

, he was not of the upper class, so he was not designated a tlatoani

Tlatoani

Tlatoani is the Nahuatl term for the ruler of an altepetl, a pre-Hispanic state. The word literally means "speaker", but may be translated into English as "king". A is a female ruler, or queen regnant....

, but rather a cuauhtlato (eagle captain). Even so, he was considered a successor to the tlatoques, or rulers.

Xochiquetzin was acquainted with Martín Ocelotl

Martin Ocelotl

Martín Ocelotl was an Aztec indigenous priest who was put on trial during New Spain’s Inquisition. His last name Ocelotl, means jaguar in Nahuatl....

, a prominent Aztec who would be involved in a famous prosecution by the newly founded Inquisition of Mexico. Ocelotl was the main target of Bishop Juan de Zumárraga

Juan de Zumárraga

Juan de Zumárraga was a Spanish Basque Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico.-Origins and arrival in New Spain:...

, but was spared until the death of Xochiquetzin.

Xochiquetzin died in 1536 after ruling for five years. After his death the Spanish escalated their efforts to fight against paganism

Paganism

Paganism is a blanket term, typically used to refer to non-Abrahamic, indigenous polytheistic religious traditions....

and the influence of the native upper classes.