Ilancueitl

Ilancuéitl
A drawing of Ilancuéitl
Cihuātlahtoāni of Tenochtitlan[1]
PredecessorTeuhtlehuatzin[2]
SuccessorAcamapichtli
SpouseKing Acamapichtli
FatherKing Acolmiztli

Ilancueitl (Nahuatl for "old-woman skirt"; pronounced [ilaŋˈkʷeː.itɬ]) was the first queen of Tenochtitlan.[3]

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  2. ^ Santamarina Novillo, Carlos (2011). El Sistema de Dominacion Azteca: El Imperio Tepaneca (in Spanish). Editorial Académica Española. p. 431. ISBN 9783845485096.
  3. ^ Klein, Cecelia F. (January 2000). "The Devil and the Skirt: An iconographic inquiry into the pre-Hispanic nature of the tzitzimime". Ancient Mesoamerica. 11 (1): 1–26. doi:10.1017/S0956536100111010. ISSN 1469-1787.