Tezozomoc (son of Itzcoatl)
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Tezozomoc was a son of Itzcoatl
, the fourth Aztec
ruler (tlatoani
) of Tenochtitlan. Although he never became ruler himself, he was married to Atotoztli
, daughter of Moctezuma I
(the fifth ruler), and three of his sons — Axayacatl
, Tizoc
, and Ahuitzotl — would become the sixth, seventh and eighth rulers, respectively. Also, his daughter Chalchiuhnenetzin married Moquihuix
, lord of Tlatelolco
.
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 :...
, the fourth 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...
ruler (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....
) of Tenochtitlan. Although he never became ruler himself, he was married to Atotoztli
Atotoztli (daughter of Moctezuma I)
Atotoztli or Huitzilxochtzin was a daughter of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma I and Chichimecacihuatzin, the daughter of Cuauhtototzin, the ruler of Cuauhnahuac....
, daughter of Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I , also known as Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina, Huehuemotecuhzoma or Montezuma I , was the fifth Aztec emperor - king of Tenochtitlan...
(the fifth ruler), and three of his sons — 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 — would become the sixth, seventh and eighth rulers, respectively. Also, his daughter Chalchiuhnenetzin married Moquihuix
Moquihuix
Moquihuix was the fourth tlatoani of Tlatelolco. He died in 1473 in a military conflict with Tenochtitlan....
, lord of Tlatelolco
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...
.