Tezozomoc (son of Itzcoatl)

Summary

Tezozomoctzin (Classical Nahuatl: Tezozomoc [tesoˈsomok]) was a son of Itzcoatl, the fourth Aztec ruler (tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan.

Tezozomoctzin
SpouseAtotoztli II
IssueAxayacatl, Tizoc, Ahuitzotl
FatherItzcoatl

Tezozomoctzin never became ruler himself, but he was married to Atotoztli II, daughter his cousin of Moctezuma I (the fifth ruler)

They had three sons that each would become rulers: Axayacatl, Tizoc, and Ahuitzotl — would become the sixth, seventh and eighth rulers, respectively. A fourth son Huitzilihuitl is listed in the genealogy, but was never ruler and has no listed children.

His daughter Chalchiuhnenetzin married Moquihuix, ruler of Tlatelolco altepetl.

References edit

  • Lori Boornazian Diel (12 December 2018). The Codex Mexicanus: A Guide to Life in Late Sixteenth-Century New Spain. University of Texas Press. pp. 88–. ISBN 978-1-4773-1675-7.