Tezcacohuatzin

Tezcacohuatzin
King of Cuauhnahuac
Successor Cuauhtototzin
Issue Queen Miahuaxihuitl
King Cuauhtototzin
Tezcacohuatzin's grandson Moctezuma I

Tezcacohuatzin (also called Ozomatzin[1]) was a king of Cuauhnahuac. He ruled in the late 14th century and was a grandfather of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma I and his wife Chichimecacihuatzin I.

Biography

He was described as one of the most powerful Aztec kings at that time.

It was believed that he was a magician.[2]

He was a father of Queen Miahuaxihuitl[3] and his successor Cuauhtototzin.[4] Miahuaxihuitl was a wife of the Aztec Emperor Huitzilihuitl and the mother of Emperor Moctezuma I.

Family tree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tezcacohuatzin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Miahuaxihuitl
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Moctezuma I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Atotoztli II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Axayacatl, Tizoc and Ahuitzotl

Notes

  1. Visions of Paradise: Primordial Titles and Mesoamerican History in Cuernavaca by Robert Haskett
  2. Pre-Columbian Literatures of Mexico by Miguel Leon-Portilla
  3. Pre-Columbian literatures of Mexico by Miguel León-Portilla
  4. Tlahuica Peoples of Morelos