Miahuaxihuitl

Miahuaxihuitl (modern Nahuatl pronunciation ) of Cuauhnahuac was a Queen of Tenochtitlan. Her name is also spelled as Miyahuaxihuitl. She was mother of the Princess Matlalcihuatzin and the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma I. She was also an aunt of the Queen Chichimecacihuatzin I and sister of the king Cuauhtototzin.

Miahuaxihuitl
Born
Cuauhnahuac
Other namesMiyahuaxihuitl
TitleQueen of Tenochtitlan
Spouse(s)Emperor Huitzilihuitl
ChildrenEmperor Moctezuma I
Parent(s)King Tezcacohuatzin
RelativesChichimecacihuatzin I (niece)
Atotoztli II (granddaughter)

Biography
Miahuaxihuitl's son Moctezuma I in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis

Miahuaxihuitl was born a princess, daughter of Tezcacohuatzin, king of Cuauhnahuac. She was known to be very beautiful.[1]

Miahuaxihuitl became a wife of Aztec Emperor Huitzilihuitl. She was greeted with a pomp when she came to Tenochtitlan. She bore a son who would later become Emperor Moctezuma I.[2]

Moctezuma married Miahuaxihuitl's niece Chichimecacihuatzin.

Family tree
Tezcacohuatzin
Miahuaxihuitl
Moctezuma I
Atotoztli II
Axayacatl, Tizoc and Ahuitzotl
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See also

Notes
  1. Pre-Columbian literatures of Mexico by Miguel León-Portilla
  2. García Purón (1984, pp. 31, 35)
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Wives of Acamapichtli		 Queen of Tenochtitlan
1396-1417
(estimated)		 Succeeded by
Wives of Chimalpopoca
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