Tlilpotoncatzin

"Tlilpotonqui" redirects here. For another person, see Diego Tlilpotonqui.
Tlilpotonqui
2nd Cihuacoatl of Mexico-Tenochtitlan
8 Reed (1487) – 11 Reed (1503)
TlatoaniAhuitzotl
Moctezuma II
Preceded byTlacaelel I
Succeeded byTlacaelel II
About
Died
FatherTlacaelel
MotherMaquiztzin
WivesXiuhtoztzin
Quauhtlamiyahualtzin
Children14 children

Tlilpotonqui or Tlilpotoncatzin (died in the year 11 Reed/1503) was the second cihuacoatl ('president') of Mexico-Tenochtitlan.

Tlilpotoncatzin was the second son of Tlacaelel and Maquiztzin. His father was a son of the second tlatoani ('ruler' or 'king') of Tenochtitlan, Huitzilihuitl. While Tlacaelel never became tlatoani himself, as cihuacoatl he played a significant role in the creation of the Aztec Empire. His mother was the daughter of Huehue Quetzalmacatzin, king of Itztlacozauhcan in Amaquemecan Chalco.[1] Tlilpotoncatzin succeeded his father as cihuacoatl upon his death in the year 8 Reed (1487).[2]

A quetzalpatzactli, from the Codex Mendoza.

According to the Crónica mexicayotl of Fernando Alvarado Tezozomoc, composed around 1598, Tlilpotoncatzin was a great, brave warrior. In battle he wore the quetzalpatzactli, a crest of quetzal feathers.[3]

Tlilpotoncatzin took at least two wives, both from Amaquemecan: Xiuhtoztzin, the daughter of Yaopaintzin, quauhtlatoani of Tequanipan Huixtoco; and Quauhtlamiyahualtzin, a noblewoman from Acxotlan Cihuateopan.[4] He fathered fourteen children, eleven males and three females.[5] A son by Xiuhtoztzin, Miccacalcatl Tlatletecuintzin, was installed as the ruler of Tequanipan;[6] and one of his daughters, Tzihuacxochitzin II, married Moctezuma II, and gave birth to Leonor Moctezuma and María Moctezuma.[7]

Tlilpotoncatzin died in the year 11 Reed (1503).[8] He was succeeded by his nephew Tlacaelel II, the son of his elder brother Cacamatzin.[9]

  1. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 1, pp. 49, 141–143.
  2. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 1, p. 53; vol. 2, p. 35.
  3. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 1, p. 145.
  4. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 1., p. 153.
  5. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 1, p. 143.
  6. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 1, p. 157; vol. 2, p. 89.
  7. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 1, pp. 55, 143, 163; vol. 2., p. 109.
  8. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 1, p. 157; vol. 2, p. 37.
  9. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 1, p. 55; vol. 2, p. 37.