Diego Velázquez Tlacotzin
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Diego Velázquez Tlacotzin was Cihuacoatl (conselor) under the ruling of Moctezuma, and Cuauhtémoc. Grandchild of the Cihuacoatl Tlacaeleltzin.
He was captured and later tortured by Cortez along with Cuauhtémoc to reveal the location of Royal Treasures and gold of the Imperial Family. After the execution of Emperor Cuauhtémoc he was chosen as the succesor of Cuauhtemoc. Inmediatly after the execution of Cuauhtemoc, Cortez ordered him to be dressed as a Spaniard, and give him a sword and a white horse as symbols of his new position as Tlatoani. He became the Aztec puppet ruler (but he wasn't reconogized as Emperor) under Spanish rule (1525-1526). He was baptized as Don Juan Velásquez Tlacotzin, but he did not survive the three years expedition of Cortez and died in 1526 (8 Tochtli) of an unknown sickness in Nochixtlan, before returning to Tenochtitlan. Immediately Cortez chose his successor to be Don Andrés Motelchiuhtzin.
Source: ANALES DE TLATELOLCO: UNOS ANNALES HISTÓRICOS DE LA NACIÓN MEXICANA (1540)
| Preceded by: Cuauhtemoc |
Tlatoani of Tenochtitlán 1525–1526 |
Succeeded by: Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuh puppet under Spanish rule |
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