Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl

Aculnahuacatl
Tlatoani of Tlacopan
Reign c. 1400–c. 1430
Full name Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl
Died c. 1430
Successor Totoquihuaztli I
Wife Tlacochcuetzin
Offspring Coauoxtli
Oquetzal
Father Tezozomoc

Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl (ruled c. 1400–c. 1430) was the first tlatoani (ruler) of the pre-Columbian Tepanec altepetl (ethnic state) of Tlacopan in the Valley of Mexico.

Aculnahuacatl was a son of Tezozomoc, the ruler of Azcapotzalco, who installed him as ruler of Tlacopan. He married Tlacochcuetzin, the daughter of Tlacacuitlahuatzin, the ruler of Tiliuhcan, and had two sons: Coauoxtli and Oquetzal.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 126–127.

References

Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo de San Antón Muñón (1997) [c.1621]. Codex Chimalpahin, vol. 1: society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, and other Nahua altepetl in central Mexico; the Nahuatl and Spanish annals and accounts collected and recorded by don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin. Civilization of the American Indian series, no. 225. Arthur J.O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder (eds. and trans.), Susan Schroeder (general ed.), Wayne Ruwet (manuscript ed.). Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-2921-1. OCLC 36017075. 
Preceded by
Tlatoani of Tlacopan Succeeded by
Totoquihuaztli I