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Azcapotzalco was a pre-Columbian Nahua altepetl (state), capital of the Tepanec empire, in the Valley of Mexico, on the western shore of Lake Texcoco. The name Azcapotzalco means "at the anthill" in Nahuatl. Its inhabitants were called Azcapotzalca. According to the 17th century annalist Chimalpahin, Azcapotzalco was founded by Chichimecs in ...
Tezozomoc Yacateteltetl (also Tezozómoc, Tezozomoctli, Tezozomoctzin; c. 1320 – 1426), was a Tepanec leader who ruled the altepetl (ethnic state) of Azcapotzalco from the year 1353 [1] or Five Reed (1367) [2] or Eight Rabbit (1370) [3] until his death in the year Twelve Rabbit (1426). [4]
In 1709, Azcapotzalco was formed by 27 communities, divided into six haciendas and nine ranches. [5] Azcapotzalco was the scene of one of the last battle of the Mexican War of Independence with the Army of the Three Guarantees under Anastasio Bustamante defeating royalist forces on August 19, 1821, shortly before Agustín de Iturbide entered ...
Upon Tezozomoc's death in the year Twelve Rabbit (1426), Tayatzin became a king, but Maxtla seized power at Azcapotzalco, leaving the rulership of Coyoacán to his son Tecollotzin. [3] Emperor Chimalpopoca of Tenochtitlan allied with Tayatzin, and the two conspired to retake the throne and kill Maxtla. Friendly relations between Tenochtitlan ...
Matlacohuatl was a tlatoani (king) of pre-Hispanic altepetl (city-state) Azcapotzalco (altepetl). He is also known as Maxtlacozcatl. His wife was Queen Cuitlachtepetl and he ruled 1152 to 1222. He was likely a father of his successor Chiconquiauhtzin and ancestor of famous king Tezozomoc. [1]
Itzcoatl was the natural son of tlàtoāni Acamapichtli and an unknown Tepanec woman from Azcapotzalco. [3] He was elected as the king when his predecessor, his nephew Chimalpopoca, was killed by Maxtla of the nearby Tepanec āltepētl (city-state) of Azcapotzalco.
Don Antonio Valeriano was born to don Diego Valeriano and doña María. His paternal grandfather and namesake, Antonio Valeriano the elder, was a prominent member of society in Tenochtitlan and Azcapotzalco, serving as governor in both places, as Antonio Valeriano the younger later would.
"Dos parcialidades étnicas en Azcapotzalco: Mexicapan y Tepanecapan" [Two Ethnic parcialidades in Azcapotzalco: Mexicapan and Tepanecapan]. Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl (in Spanish). 46. Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, MX: Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 223–248.