Axayacatl

Axayacatl
King of Tenochtitlan
Axayacatl as depicted in the Codex Azcatitlan
Reign	1469–1481
Died	1481 (1482)
Predecessor	Moctezuma I
Successor	Tizoc
Father	Prince Tezozomoc
Mother	Princess Atotoztli II
Children	King Moctezuma II King Cuitláhuac

Axayacatl ([aːʃaijakatɬ] (the name means "Water-mask" or "Water-face") was the sixth Aztec Emperor, a ruler (tlatoani) of the Postclassic Mesoamerican Aztec Empire and city of Tenochtitlan, who reigned from 1469 to 1481.

He is chiefly remembered for subjugating Tlatelolco, Tenochtitlan's sister city, in 1473.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links

Biography

Axayacatl was a son of the princess Atotoztli II and her cousin, prince Tezozomoc. He was a grandson of the Emperors Moctezuma I and Itzcoatl. He was a descendant of the king Cuauhtototzin.

He was a successor of Moctezuma and his brothers were Emperors Tizoc and Ahuitzotl and his sister was the Queen Chalchiuhnenetzin. He was an uncle of the Emperor Cuauhtémoc and father of Emperors Moctezuma II and Cuitláhuac.

Using as a pretext the insulting behavior of a few Tlatelolcan citizens, Axayacatl invaded his neighbor, killed its ruler, Moquihuix, and replaced him with a military governor. The Tlatelolcans lost any voice they had in forming Aztec policy. It is also important that the Great Sun Stone, also known as the Aztec Calendar, was carved under his leadership.

He was followed on the throne by his brother Tizoc in 1481.

Notes

References

• Davies, Nigel (1980). The Aztecs (2nd Edition ed.). Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 
• Davies, Nigel (1987). The Aztec Empire: The Toltec Resurgence. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 
• Hassig, Ross (1988). Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-2121-1. 
• Townsend, Richard F. (2000). The Aztecs (revised ed. ed.). London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-28132-7. 
• Weaver, Muriel Porter (1993). The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors: Archaeology of Mesoamerica (3rd ed. ed.). San Diego: Academic Press. ISBN 0-01-263999-0. 

External links

•  "Axayacatl". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900. 

Preceded by Moctezuma I

Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan 1469–1481

Succeeded by Tizoc

Persondata
Name	Axayacatl
Alternative names
Short description	Aztec king
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1481
Place of death