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Rulers of the Mexica and of the Acolhua
Posted 9 Dec 2003
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.