Chimalpilli I
| Chimalpilli I | |
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 An image of an Aztec king | |
| Tlatoani of Ecatepec | |
| Reign | 1428 - 1465 |
| Successor | Tezozomoc |
| Died | 1465 |
| Issue | Matlaccoatzin |
| Father | Huehue Huanitzin |
| Mother | Chichimecacihuatzin II |
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| Aztec Empire |
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Chimalpilli I was a tlatoani (ruler) of the Aztec altepetl (city-state) of Ecatepec from 1428 until his death in 1465. He was the first known historical king of that city.[1]
He was also known as Huehue Chimalpilli.
There was also Chimalpilli II.
Biography[edit]
Chimalpilli was a son of Chichimecacihuatzin II. Her father was an Aztec emperor Moctezuma I and her mother was queen Chichimecacihuatzin I.[2]
His father was Huehue Huanitzin, a "great leader" of Itztapalapan.
His successor was Tezozomoc, son of Emperor Chimalpopoca.
Family tree[edit]
Chimalpilli had a son called Matlaccoatzin, and he is sometimes called a king.
| Huehue Tezozomoctli | Chimalpilli I Ruler of Ecatepec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Axayacatl Ruler of Tenochtitlan | Matlaccoatzin Prince of Ecatepec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tezozomoctli Acolnahuacatl | Tlacuilolxochtzin | Moctezuma II Ruler of Tenochtitlan | Tlapalizquixochtzin Queen of Ecatepec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Don Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin Ruler of Ecatepec and Tenochtitlan | Doña Francisca de Moctezuma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hernando de Alvarado Tezozomoc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ Explorations in ethnohistory: Indians of central Mexico in the sixteenth century by H. R. Harvey, Hanns J. Prem
- ^ Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin (September 1997). Codex Chimalpahin: society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan and other Nahua Altepetl in central Mexico. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-8061-2950-1. Retrieved 16 October 2011.