Tlatoani

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This article is about tlatoque in general. For the rulers of Tenochtitlan, see List of Mexico-Tenochtitlan rulers.

Tlatoani (pronounced [tɬaʔtoˈ(w)aːni]; plural tlatoque, [tɬaʔˈtoʔkeʔ]) is the Nahuatl term for the ruler of an altepetl, a pre-Hispanic state. The word literally means "speaker", but may be translated into English as "king".^[1] A cihuatlatoani ([siwaːtɬaʔtoˈ(w)aːni]) is a female ruler, or queen regnant.^[2]

The term quauhtlatoani refers to "provisional, interim, or at least non-dynastic rulers".^[3] The leaders of the Mexica prior to their settlement are sometimes referred to as quauhtlatoque, as are those colonial rulers who were not descended from the ruling dynasty.

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^ Lockhart (2001, p.238); Schroeder (2007, p.3). See also the entry for "TLAHTOANI", in Wimmer (2006)
^ Schroeder (2007, pp.3–4). See also the entry for "CIHUATLAHTOANI" in Wimmer (2006).
^ Schroeder (1991, p. 188).

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Schroeder, Susan (1991). Chimalpahin and the Kingdoms of Chalco. Tuscon: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-1182-9. OCLC 21976206.

Schroeder, Susan (2007). "The Annals of Chimalpahin", in James Lockhart, Lisa Sousa, and Stephanie Wood (eds.): Sources and Methods for the Study of Postconquest Mesoamerican Ethnohistory (PDF e-book online publication), Provisional version, Eugene: University of Oregon Wired Humanities Project. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.

Wimmer, Alexis (2006). Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique (online version, incorporating reproductions from Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl ou mexicaine [1885], by Rémi Siméon). (French) (Nahuatl)