Rulers of the Mexica and of the Acolhua 

Mexica 

The following is a list of rulers of the Mexica is compiled from Aztecs / Nahuatl / Tenochtitlán and Davis (1973). 

 

Dates Served (Davis, 1973)	Dates Served (Aztecs / Nahuatl / Tenochtitlán)	Name	English Translation     (Duran, 1964)
1319-1370	1325-1375	Tenoch (actually he was the top guy of the 4 priest rulers)
1372-1391	1376-1396	Acamapichtli	Handful of Reeds
1391-1415	1397-1417	Huitzilihuitl	Humming Bird Feather
1415-1426	1418-1427	Chimalpopoca	Smoking Shield
1426-1440	1428-1440	Itzcóatl	Obsidian Serpent
1440-1468	1441-1469	Moctezuma I (Ilhuicamina)	Angry Lord who Shoots the Sky
1468-1481	1470-1481	Axayácatl	Water Face
1481-1486	1482-1486	Tízoc	Leg of Chaulk
1486-1502	1487-1502	Ahuítzotl	Water Monster
1502-1520	1503-1520	Moctezuma II (Xocoyotzin)	Angry Lord, Youngest Son
1520	1520-1521	Cuítálahuac	Lord of Cuitlahuac, Keeper of the Kingdom
1520-1525		Cuauhtémoc	Eagle that Descends
1525-1526		Tlacotzin (Cihuacoatl, subsequently Tlatoani)
1539-1542		Don Diego Huanitzin

Rulers of Tenayucan and Texcoco 

The following list of rulers of the Chichimec (the specific wave of nomads) and Acolhua is compiled from Davis (1973), Anonimo Mexicano, and Duran (1964)..  The Chichimec and Acolhua were the main people of Texcoco - the second city in the Triple Alliance.  

 

Dates Served (Davis, 1973)	Name	English Translation
??	Xólotl *	Monster
??	Nopaltzin
??	Quinatzin-Tlaltecatzin **	Known as 'He Who Flattens the Earth'
??	?? (father of Ixtlilxóchitl)
1409-1418	Ixtlilxóchitl	'Black Flower Face'
1418-1472	Nezahualcóyotl	'Fasting Coyote'
1472-1515	Nezahualpilli
1515-1520	Cacama
1520-1521	Coanachochtzin
1521-1531	Don Fernando Ixtlilxóchitl

* Adopted the title Chichimec Teuhctli ('Emperor of the Chichimec').  Ruled from Tenayucan.  

** First Chichimec Emperor to rule from Texcoco, although Tlotzin Pochotl had governed there on behalf of their father Nopaltzin.  

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