Tezozomoc (son of Chimalpopoca)

Tezozomoc
Tlatoani of Ecatepec

Glyph of Ecatepec
Successor Matlaccohuatl
Father Chimalpopoca
Mother Matlalatzin?
For other persons with this name, see Tezozomoc.

Tezozomoc was the second tlatoani (ruler) of altepetl Ecatepec, in 15th-century Mesoamerica.[1]

Biography

Tezozomoc was a son of an Aztec tlatoani Chimalpopoca, ruler of Tenochtitlan. His mother may have been Matlalatzin.

He was a grandson of tlatoani Huitzilihuitl and Ayauhcihuatl, who was a daughter of the Tepanec tlatoani Tezozomoc, ruler of Azcapotzalco.

He was a relative of and successor tlatoani to Chimalpilli I in 1465. His successor was Matlaccohuatl.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Explorations in ethnohistory: Indians of central Mexico in the sixteenth century by H. R. Harvey, Hanns J. Prem
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