Huehue Zaca

Huehue Zaca
Tlacateccatl of Tenochtitlan
TlatoaniMoctezuma I
CihuacoatlTlacaelels
About
FatherHuitzilihuitl
MotherMiyahuaxochtzin
ChildrenTzontemoc
Huitzilatzin

Huehue Zaca or Çaca (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈweːweʔ ˈsaka]), also Zacatzin (Çacatzin, [saˈkatsiːn]), was a 15th-century Aztec noble, prince and a warrior who served as tlacateccatl ("captain general"[1]) under the ruler Moctezuma I, his brother.[2] The name of Zaca is probably derived from Nahuatl zacatl, meaning "grass"; -tzin is an honorific or reverential suffix. Huehue is Nahuatl for "the elder", literally "old man".

  1. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 50–51
  2. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): vol. 1, pp. 146–147 and vol. 2, pp. 94–95.