Tlacacuitlahuatzin (modern Nahuatl pronunciation) was the first ruler of Tiliuhcan, a pre-Columbian Tepanec altepetl (ethnic state) near Tlacopan.[1]

Tlacacuitlahuatzin
King of Tiliuhcan
SuccessorTzihuactlayahuallohuatzin
IssueMiyahuaxochtzin
Matlalxochtzin
Tlacochcuetzin
FatherHuehuetzin

Family

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His father was called Huehuetzin.

His daughters Miyahuaxochtzin and Matlalxochtzin married Huitzilihuitl and Tlatolqaca (respectively), sons of Acamapichtli, the first king of Tenochtitlan.[2] Another daughter, Tlacochcuetzin, married Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl, the first king of Tlacopan.[3]

Upon his death, Tlacacuitlahuatzin was succeeded by Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin, a son of Tezozomoc, the ruler of Azcapotzalco.[4]

Tlacacuitlahuatzin was a grandfather of the prince Huehue Zaca.

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  1. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 38–39.
  2. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 38–39, 118–119.
  3. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 126–127.
  4. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 128–129.

References

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  • Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo de San Antón Muñón (1997) [c.1621]. Codex Chimalpahin, vol. 1: society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, and other Nahua altepetl in central Mexico; the Nahuatl and Spanish annals and accounts collected and recorded by don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin. Civilization of the American Indian series, no. 225. Arthur J.O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder (eds. and trans.), Susan Schroeder (general ed.), Wayne Ruwet (manuscript ed.). Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-2921-1. OCLC 36017075.
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King of Tiliuhcan Succeeded by