Tlacateotl

Tlacateotl
Tlacateotl in the Codex Xolotl, with his name glyph (top) and the glyph for Tlatelolco (right).
Died	1426
Spouse(s)	Queen Xiuhtomiyauhtzin Queen Xiuhcanahualtzin
Children	Tezozomoctli Itzquauhtzin
Parent(s)	King Quaquapitzahuac Queen Acxocueitl

Tlacateotl (or Tlacateotzin) (died 1426) was the second ruler of the Aztec city of Tlatelolco.

Family

He succeeded his father, Quaquapitzahuac, upon his death in 1407. He was a brother of the queens Matlalatzin and Huacaltzintli and grandson of the famous king Tezozomoc. He was also a cousin of Emperor Chimalpopoca and uncle of the prince Tezozomoc.

He was a father of the kings Tezozomoctli and Itzquauhtzin and grandfather of Quauhtlatoa. His wives were called Xiuhtomiyauhtzin and Xiuhcanahualtzin (this one was Tlacateotl's aunt).

Sources

• Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997). Codex Chimalpahin: society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, and other Nahua altepetl in central Mexico: the Nahuatl and Spanish annals and accounts collected and recorded by don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin. The Civilization of the American Indian Series. edited and translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-2921-2.