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King of Tiliuhcan: Quatlecoatl: Matlalxoch: Tlatolqaca: Matlalxochtzin: Quaquapitzahuac Tlatoani of Tlatelolco?-1372–1407: Ayauhcihuatl: Huitzilihuitl Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan 1379–1396–1417: Miahuaxihuitl: Cacamacihuatl: Itzcoatl Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan?-1427–1440: Huacaltzintli: Matlalatzin: Chimalpopoca Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan 1397 ...
Son of Axayacatl (1472–1481). Oversaw a period of centralization and strengthening of the Aztec Empire. Disciplined and highly successful ruler before he made contact with the Spaniards in 1519, whereafter the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire began. [14] [15] c. 1466–1520 (aged 53–54)
The word Aztec in modern usage would not have been used by the people themselves. It has variously been used to refer to the Aztecs or Triple Alliance, the Nahuatl-speaking people of central Mexico prior to the Spanish conquest, or specifically the Mexica ethnicity of the Nahuatl-speaking tribes (from tlaca). [7]
Xolotl (or Xólotl; Nahuatl pronunciation:) was a 13th-century Chichimec leader, a Tlatoani.He was named after the god Xolotl, an eventual Aztec god. [1]Chichimeca is the name that the Nahua peoples of Mexico generically applied to a wide range of semi-nomadic peoples who inhabited the north of Mexico and the Southwestern United States.
The name "Axolotl" comes from Nahuatl, the Aztec language. One translation of the name connects the Axolotl to Xolotl. The most common translation is "water-dog" . "Atl" for water and "Xolotl" for dog. [14] In the Aztec calendar, the ruler of the day, Itzcuintli ("Dog"), is Mictlantecuhtli, the god of death and lord of Mictlan, the afterlife. [15]
Aztec female names from the 1540 Census n=1205 [1] 1st Component 2nd Component Commonality Frequency Nahuatl IPA English Nahuatl IPA English Nahuatl IPA English 1st 313 Tēyacapan [teːjaˈkapan] first born non-name form --> tēyacapantli [teːjakaˈpant͡ɬi] first born 2nd 182 Tlahco [ˈt͡ɬaʔko] middle (born) 3rd 182 Teicuih [teˈikʷiʔ]
Unknown to the king, the Mexica actually planned to sacrifice her. The Mexica believed that by doing this the princess would join the gods as a deity. As the story goes, during a festival dinner, a priest came out wearing her flayed skin as part of the ritual.
Itzcoatl (Classical Nahuatl: Itzcōhuātl [it͡sˈkoːwaːt͡ɬ], "Obsidian Serpent", modern Nahuatl pronunciation ⓘ) (c. 1380–1440) was the fourth king of Tenochtitlan, and the founder of the Aztec Empire, ruling from 1427 to 1440.