Miahuaxihuitl
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Miahuaxihuitl of Cuauhnahuac was a Queen
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...

 of Tenochtitlan. Her name is also spelled as Miyahuaxihuitl. She was an aunt of the Queen Chichimecacihuatzin I
Chichimecacihuatzin I
-Family:She was a daughter of the king Cuauhtototzin, granddaughter of the king Tezcacohuatzin, niece of the Queen Miahuaxihuitl and cousin-wife of Emperor Moctezuma I. She had at least one child with him, Princess Atotoztli II...

 and sister 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....

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Biography

Miahuaxihuitl was born as a princess, daughter of Tezcacohuatzin
Tezcacohuatzin
Tezcacohuatzin was a king of Cuauhnahuac. He ruled in the late 14th century and was a grandfather of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma I and his wife Chichimecacihuatzin I.-Biography:...

, king of Cuauhnahuac. She was very beautiful.

Marriage

Miahuaxihuitl became a wife of Aztec emperor Huitzilihuitl
Huitzilíhuitl
Huitzilihuitl was the second tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, governing from 1396 to 1417, .- Family and childhood :...

. She was greeted with a pomp when she came to Tenochtitlan. She bore a son who would later became Emperor Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I , also known as Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina, Huehuemotecuhzoma or Montezuma I , was the fifth Aztec emperor - king of Tenochtitlan...

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Moctezuma married Miahuaxihuitl's niece Chichimecacihuatzin.

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