Axayacatl
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Axayacatl
Axayacatl (aːʃaijakatɬ (the name means "Water-mask" or "Water-face") was the sixth Aztec Emperor, a ruler (tlatoani
) of the Postclassic
Mesoamerica
n Aztec Empire
and city of Tenochtitlan, who reigned from 1469 to 1481.
He is chiefly remembered for subjugating Tlatelolco
, Tenochtitlan's sister city, in 1473.
. He was a grandson of the Emperors Moctezuma I
and Itzcoatl
. He was a descendant of the king Cuauhtototzin
.
He was a successor of Moctezuma and his brothers were Emperors Tizoc
and Ahuitzotl and his sister was the Queen Chalchiuhnenetzin. He was an uncle of the Emperor Cuauhtémoc
and father of Emperors Moctezuma II
and Cuitláhuac
.
Using as a pretext the insulting behavior of a few Tlatelolcan citizens, Axayacatl invaded his neighbor, killed its ruler, Moquihuix
, and replaced him with a military governor. The Tlatelolcans lost any voice they had in forming Aztec policy. It is also important that the Great Sun Stone, also known as the Aztec Calendar, was carved under his leadership.
He was followed on the throne by his brother Tizoc in 1481.
Axayacatl (aːʃaijakatɬ (the name means "Water-mask" or "Water-face") was the sixth Aztec Emperor, a ruler (tlatoani
Tlatoani
Tlatoani is the Nahuatl term for the ruler of an altepetl, a pre-Hispanic state. The word literally means "speaker", but may be translated into English as "king". A is a female ruler, or queen regnant....
) of the Postclassic
Mesoamerican chronology
Mesoamerican chronology divides the history of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica into several periods: the Paleo-Indian , the Archaic , the Preclassic , the Classic , and the Postclassic...
Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica is a region and culture area in the Americas, extending approximately from central Mexico to Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, within which a number of pre-Columbian societies flourished before the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 15th and...
n Aztec Empire
Aztec
The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the late post-classic period in Mesoamerican chronology.Aztec is the...
and city of Tenochtitlan, who reigned from 1469 to 1481.
He is chiefly remembered for subjugating Tlatelolco
Tlatelolco (altepetl)
Tlatelolco was a pre-Columbian Nahua altepetl in the Valley of Mexico. Its inhabitants were known as Tlatelolca. The Tlatelolca were a part of the Mexica ethnic group, a Nahuatl speaking people who arrived in what is now central Mexico in the 13th century...
, Tenochtitlan's sister city, in 1473.
Biography
Axayacatl was a son of the princess Atotoztli II and her cousin, prince TezozomocTezozomoc (son of Itzcoatl)
Tezozomoc was a son of Itzcoatl, the fourth Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan. Although he never became ruler himself, he was married to Atotoztli, daughter of Moctezuma I , and three of his sons — Axayacatl, Tizoc, and Ahuitzotl — would become the sixth, seventh and eighth rulers, respectively...
. He was a grandson of the Emperors Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I , also known as Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina, Huehuemotecuhzoma or Montezuma I , was the fifth Aztec emperor - king of Tenochtitlan...
and Itzcoatl
Itzcóatl
Itzcoatl was the fourth emperor of the Aztecs, ruling from 1427 to 1440, the period when the Mexica threw off the domination of the Tepanecs and laid the foundations for the eventual Aztec Empire.- Biography :...
. He was a descendant of the king Cuauhtototzin
Cuauhtototzin
-Family:He was a son and successor of the King Tezcacohuatzin. His sister was an Empress Miahuaxihuitl.He was a father of Empress Chichimecacihuatzin I and uncle of her husband Moctezuma I....
.
He was a successor of Moctezuma and his brothers were Emperors Tizoc
Tízoc
Tizocic or Tizocicatzin , usually known in English as Tizoc, was the seventh tlatoani of Tenochtitlan.-Biography:...
and Ahuitzotl and his sister was the Queen Chalchiuhnenetzin. He was an uncle of the Emperor Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521...
and father of Emperors Moctezuma II
Moctezuma II
Moctezuma , also known by a number of variant spellings including Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecuhzoma and referred to in full by early Nahuatl texts as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, was the ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan, reigning from 1502 to 1520...
and Cuitláhuac
Cuitláhuac
Cuitláhuac or Cuitláhuac was the 10th tlatoani of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan for 80 days during the year Two Flint ....
.
Using as a pretext the insulting behavior of a few Tlatelolcan citizens, Axayacatl invaded his neighbor, killed its ruler, Moquihuix
Moquihuix
Moquihuix was the fourth tlatoani of Tlatelolco. He died in 1473 in a military conflict with Tenochtitlan....
, and replaced him with a military governor. The Tlatelolcans lost any voice they had in forming Aztec policy. It is also important that the Great Sun Stone, also known as the Aztec Calendar, was carved under his leadership.
He was followed on the throne by his brother Tizoc in 1481.