Atotoztli II

Atotoztli II
Huitzilxochtzin
Fragmento de genealogía de los príncipes mexicanos showing "Lady Atotoztli" (subtitled Çihuapilli Atotoztli in Latin alphabet)
Tlatoani or regent of Tenochtitlan (disputed)
Rule1466–1472[1][2][3][4] (probably regent for her son Axayacatl)[5]
PredecessorMoctezuma I (as tlatoani)
SuccessorAxayacatl (as tlatoani)
SpouseTezozomoc
IssueAxayacatl
Tizoc
Ahuitzotl
FatherMoctezuma I
MotherChichimecacihuatzin I

Atotoztli (Classical Nahuatl: Atotoztli [atoˈtostɬi]) or Huitzilxochtzin (Classical Nahuatl: Huitzilxōchtzin [witsiɬˈʃoːtʃtsin]) was an Aztec princess and possible regent. She was a daughter of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma I and Chichimecacihuatzin I, the daughter of Cuauhtototzin, the ruler of Cuauhnahuac.

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