Tezcacohuatzin
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Tezcacohuatzin was a king of Cuauhnahuac. He ruled in the late 14th century and was a grandfather of Aztec
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...

 Emperor Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I , also known as Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina, Huehuemotecuhzoma or Montezuma I , was the fifth Aztec emperor - king of Tenochtitlan...

 and his wife 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...

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Biography

He was described as one of the most powerful Aztec kings at that time.

It was believed that he was a magician.

He was a father of Queen Miahuaxihuitl
Miahuaxihuitl
Miahuaxihuitl of Cuauhnahuac was a Queen of Tenochtitlan. Her name is also spelled as Miyahuaxihuitl. She was an aunt of the Queen Chichimecacihuatzin I and sister of the king Cuauhtototzin.- Biography :...

 and his successor 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....

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

 and the mother of Emperor Moctezuma I.

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