Quinatzin

Quinatzin
Quinatzin
Quinatzin in Codex Xolotl
Tlatoani of Texcoco
Reign1298–1357[1]
SuccessorTechotlalatzin
BornQuinatzin
SpouseCuauhcihuatzin
IssueTechotlalatzin
FatherTlotzin Pochotl
MotherPrincess Icpacxochitl

Quinatzin (full name: Quinatzin Tlaltecatzin) (kinat͡sin t͡ɬaltekat͜sin, modern Nahuatl pronunciationⓘ) was a King of ancient Texcoco, an Acolhua city-state in Mexico. He was the first known ruler of that city and is also known as Quinatzin II.[2][3][4]

It was Quinatzin who transferred the seat of Chichimec power to Texcoco, relegating the city of Tenayuca to a site of secondary importance.[5]

The father of Quinatzin was Tlotzin Pochotl, and a noblewoman called Icpacxochitl.[6]

Quinatzin’s wife was a Princess from Huejotla, Queen Cuauhcihuatzin,[7] mother of his successor Techotlalatzin.[8] Her grandson was Ixtlilxochitl I.[9]

Quinatzin’s mother-in-law was called Tomiyauh.[10][11][12]

  1. ^ Brokaw, Galen; Lee, Jongsoo (2016). Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and His Legacy. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-8165-0072-7.
  2. ^ Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo de San Antón Muñón (1997b) [c.1621]. Codex Chimalpahin, vol. 2: society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, and other Nahua altepetl in central Mexico; the Nahuatl and Spanish annals and accounts collected and recorded by don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin (continued). Civilization of the American Indian series, no. 226. Arthur J.O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder (eds. and trans.), Susan Schroeder (general ed.), Wayne Ruwet (manuscript ed.). Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-2950-1. OCLC 36017075.
  3. ^ The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or Dictionary of Arts..., volume 14, edition 2.
  4. ^ History and Mythology of the Aztecs: The Codex Chimalpopoca by John Bierhorst
  5. ^ The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl: Pre-Hispanic History, Religion, and Nahua Poetics by Jongsoo Lee. Page 81.
  6. ^ In the Palace of Nezahualcoyotl: Painting Manuscripts, Writing the Pre-Hispanic past in early colonial period by Eduardo de J. Douglas. 2010. Page 116.
  7. ^ In the Palace of Nezahualcoyotl: Painting Manuscripts, Writing the Pre-Hispanic past in early colonial period by Eduardo de J. Douglas. 2010. Page 116.
  8. ^ Offner (1979, p. 231).
  9. ^ Davies (1980, p.129); Smith (1984, p.170). Smith himself further references Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl, Juan Bautista de Pomar and Chimalpahin.
  10. ^ Memorias de la Academia Mexicana de la Historia
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  12. ^ Tlatelolco a través de los tiempos: serie de estudios, edition 1-6