Quauhtlatoa

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Quauhtlatoa
King Quauhtlatoa
Tlatoani of Tlatelolco
PredecessorTlacateotl
SuccessorMoquihuix
FatherPrince Acolmiztli of Tlatelolco

Quauhtlatoa (or Cuauhtlatoa) (1 Flint (1428)[1]4 Reed (1431)[2]/7 Flint (1460)[3]/8 House (1461)[4]) was a tlatoani (king, ruler) of the Nahua city-state Tlatelolco.

Biography[edit]

He was a son of Prince Acolmiztli of Tlatelolco, grandson of the King Tlacateotl and great-grandson of Quaquapitzahuac.

He was a successor of his grandfather and was killed by the Tenochca.

The Annals of Cuauhtitlan (in Bierhorst 1992) give Quauhtlatoa as a father of King Tezozomoctli.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 130–131.
  2. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 232–233.
  3. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 132–133.
  4. ^ Codex Telleriano-Remensis: f. 33v.