Ilancueitl | |
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A drawing of Ilancueitl |
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Residence | Tenochtitlan |
Known for | the first queen of Tenochtitlan |
Title | Queen of Tenochtitlan |
Religion | Aztec religion |
Spouse | King Acamapichtli |
Parents | King Acolmiztli |
Relatives | Huitzilihuitl (stepson) |
Ilancueitl (Nahuatl for "old-woman skirt"; pronounced [ilaŋˈkʷeː.itɬ]) was the first queen of Tenochtitlan.
Ilancueitl was a daughter of the then ruler of Culhuacán, Acolmiztli, and she married Acamapichtli, the first ruler of Tenochtitlan. She bore no children, so her husband took more wives. Ilancueitl charged herself with the education of her stepson Huitzilihuitl.