Ecatepec
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Ecatepec (Nahuatl for "wind hill") was an Aztec altepetl or city-state in the Valley of Mexico.
[edit] Tlatoque
From 1428 to 1539, Ecatepec was ruled by a tlatoani (literally "speaker"). The tlatoque (plural of tlatoani) of Ecatepec were closely related to the ruling dynasty of Tenochtitlan.
- Chimalpilli I, grandson of Moctezuma I.
- Tezozomoc, son of Chimalpopoca.
- Matlaccohuatl, whose daughter Teotlalco married Moctezuma II.
- Chimalpilli II, son of Ahuitzotl.
- Diego Huanitzin, grandson of Axayacatl.
Diego Huanitzin was subsequently made tlatoani of Tenochtitlan by Antonio de Mendoza, viceroy of New Spain.