Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl

Aculnahuacatl
Tlatoani of Tlacopan
SuccessorTotoquihuaztli I
Bornc. 14th century
Diedc. 1430
SpouseTlacochcuetzin
IssueCoauoxtli
Oquetzal
Names
Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl
FatherTezozomoc

Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl was the first tlatoani (ruler) of the pre-Columbian Tepanec altepetl (ethnic state) of Tlacopan[1] in the Valley of Mexico.

Aculnahuacatl was a son of Tezozomoc, the ruler of Azcapotzalco, who installed him as ruler of Tlacopan. He married Tlacochcuetzin, the daughter of Tlacacuitlahuatzin, the ruler of Tiliuhcan, and had two sons: Coauoxtli and Oquetzal.[2]

"Acolnahuacatl" was part of an anti-Mexica coalition to drive the then-nomadic tribe off or exterminate them.[1]

  1. ^ a b Diego Durán, The History of the Indies of New Spain, translated, annotated and with introduction by Doris Heyden. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994.
  2. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 126–127.