Huitzilihuitl

This article is about the 2nd ruler of Tenochtitlan. For the ruler of the Mexica at Chapultepec, see Huehue Huitzilihuitl.
Huitzilihuitl
Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan
Reign1390-1415, 1396-1417 or 1403-1417
CoronationFive Snake / 22 January
PredecessorAcamapichtli
SuccessorChimalpopoca
Bornc.1379
Mexico Tenochtitlan
Died1415 or 1417
Wives
IssueChimalpopoca
Tlacaelel I
Moctezuma I
Huehue Zaca
Citlalcoatl
Aztacoatl
Axicyotzin
Quauhtzitzimitzin
Xiconoc
Teotlatlauhqui
Cuitlahuatzin
Miccayaocihuatl
Matlalchihuatzin
FatherEmperor Acamapichtli
MotherEmpress Tezcatlan Miyahuatzin

Huitzilihuitl (Nahuatl pronunciation: [wit͡siˈliwit͡ɬ] ⓘ) or Huitzilihuitzin (Nahuatl language; English: Hummingbird Feather) (1370s – ca. 1417)[1] was the second Tlatoani or king of Tenochtitlan. According to the Codex Chimalpahin, he reigned from 1390 to 1415, according to the Codex Aubin, he reigned from 1396 to 1417 and according to the Codex Chimalpopoca, he reigned from 1403 to 1417.[2]

  1. ^ "Huitzilíhuitl, "Pluma de colibrí" (1396-1417)" [Huitzilíhuitl, “Hummingbird Feather” (1396-1417)]. Archeologia Mexicana (in Spanish). 2 July 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
  2. ^ Simon, Z (2021). "Ten Chronologies of Ancient Mexico"