Huitzilxotzin

Huitzilxotzin
Huitzilxotzin
Title	Queen of Tenochtitlan
Spouse(s)	King Acamapichtli
Children	Prince Tlatolqaca
Parent(s)	Tenqacatetl
Relatives	Cahualtzin, Tetlepanquetzatzin and Tecatlapohuatzin (grandchildren)

Huitzilxotzin (modern Nahuatl pronunciation ) was a Queen of Tenochtitlan as a wife of Aztec emperor Acamapichtli. She was a daughter of Tenqacatetl and mother of Prince Tlatolqaca. She was a grandmother of Princes Cahualtzin, Tetlepanquetzatzin and Tecatlapohuatzin.

Sources

Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997). "Mexican History or Chronicle". Codex Chimalpahin: society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, and other Nahua altepetl in central Mexico: the Nahuatl and Spanish annals and accounts collected by don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin. Edited and translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 25–177. ISBN 0-8061-2921-2.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Position created	Queen of Tenochtitlan 1376–1395 (estimated)	Succeeded by Wives of Huitzilihuitl

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