Diego Velázquez Tlacotzin

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Diego Velázquez Tlacotzin was Cihuacoatl (counselor) during the tenure of Moctezuma II, and Cuauhtémoc. He was grandchild of the Cihuacoatl Tlacaeleltzin.

Tlacotzin was captured and later tortured by Hernan Cortes 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 Cuauhtemoc's successor. Immediately after the execution of Cuauhtemoc, Cortes ordered Tlacotzin 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 recognized as Emperor) under Spanish rule (1525-1526). He was baptized as Don Juan Velásquez Tlacotzin. He accompanied Cortes on his three years expedition of Cortez but died in 1526 (8 Tochtli) of an unknown sickness in Nochixtlan, before returning to Tenochtitlan. Cortes immediately chose his successor to be Don Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuh.