Tlacacuitlahuatzin was the first ruler

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 Tiliuhcan, a pre-Columbian

Pre-Columbian

The pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents, spanning the time of the original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic period to European colonization during...

 Tepanec

Tepanec

The Tepanecs or Tepaneca are a Mesoamerican people who arrived in the Valley of Mexico in the late 12th or early 13th centuries. The Tepanec were a sister culture of the Aztecs as well as the Acolhua and others—these tribes spoke the Nahuatl language and shared the same general pantheon, with...

 altepetl

Altepetl

The altepetl, in Pre-Columbian and Spanish conquest-era Aztec society, was the local, ethnically based political entity. The word is a combination of the Nahuatl words ā-tl, meaning water, and tepē-tl, meaning mountain....

(ethnic state) near Tlacopan

Tlacopan

Tlacopan , also called Tacuba, was a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican city-state situated on the western shore of Lake Texcoco.Founded by Tlacomatzin, Tlacopan was a Tepanec kingdom subordinate to nearby Azcapotzalco...

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Family

His father was called Huehuetzin.

His daughters Miyahuaxochtzin

Miyahuaxochtzin

Miyahuaxochtzin of Tiliuhcan was a Queen of Tenochtitlan as a wife of King Huitzilihuitl. She was a daughter of King Tlacacuitlahuatzin and sister of Princess Matlalxochtzin and Queen Tlacochcuetzin. She was the mother of Prince Huehue Zaca and aunt of Princes Cahualtzin, Tetlepanquetzatzin,...

 and Matlalxochtzin

Matlalxochtzin

Matlalxochtzin was a daughter of Tlacacuitlahuatzin, the first tlatoani of Tiliuhcan, one of the polities of the Tepanec people in the Valley of Mexico during the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology...

 married Huitzilihuitl

Huitzilíhuitl

Huitzilihuitl was the second tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, governing from 1396 to 1417, .- Family and childhood :...

 and Tlatolqaca

Tlatolqaca

Tlatolqaca was an Aztec prince, son of Emperor Acamapichtli and Queen Huitzilxotzin, grandson of Princess Atotoztli I, half-brother of Emperors Huitzilihuitl and Itzcoatl, an uncle of Chimalpopoca and Moctezuma I. He married Princess Matlalxochtzin and couple had three...

 (respectively), sons of Acamapichtli

Acamapichtli

Acamapichtli was the first tlatoani, or ruler, of the Aztecs of Tenochtitlan, and founder of the Aztec imperial dynasty. He became ruler in 1375 and reigned for 19 years.- Family and early life :...

, the first king of Tenochtitlan. Another daughter, Tlacochcuetzin, married Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl

Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl

Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl was the first tlatoani of the pre-Columbian Tepanec altepetl of Tlacopan in the Valley of Mexico....

, the first king of Tlacopan

Tlacopan

Tlacopan , also called Tacuba, was a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican city-state situated on the western shore of Lake Texcoco.Founded by Tlacomatzin, Tlacopan was a Tepanec kingdom subordinate to nearby Azcapotzalco...

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Upon his death, Tlacacuitlahuatzin was succeeded by Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin

Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin

Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin was the second king of Tiliuhcan. He is mentioned in Crónica mexicáyotl.-Biography:Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin was a son of Tezozomoc, famous king of Azcapotzalco. His brothers were Kings Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl, Quaquapitzahuac, Epcoatl and Maxtla and his sister was a...

, a son of Tezozomoc, the ruler of Azcapotzalco

Azcapotzalco

Azcapotzalco is one of the 16 delegaciones into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. Azcapotzalco is in the northwestern part of Mexico City...

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Tlacacuitlahuatzin was a grandfather of the prince Huehue Zaca

Huehue Zaca

Huehue Zaca or Çaca , also Zacatzin , was a 15th century Aztec noble, prince and a warrior who served as tlacateccatl under the ruler Moctezuma I, his brother. The name of Zaca is probably derived from Nahuatl zacatl, meaning "grass"; -tzin is an honorific or reverential suffix...

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