- Techotlalatzin
Techotlalatzin (or Techotlala, removing the
Classical Nahuatl honorific "-tzin") was the ruler ("tlatoani ") of thepre-Columbian Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco from 1357 [Offner (1979, p.231).] or 1377 [Davies (1980, p.61).] until his death in 1409. Techotlalatzin was the first ruler of theAcolhua who actively adopted the prevailing culture of theValley of Mexico , including the Nahuatl language. [Davies (1980, p.129); Smith (1984, p.170). Smith himself further referencesFernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl ,Juan Bautista de Pomar , andChimalpahin .]The son of
Quinatzin II , Techotlalatzin was able to build a smallAcolhua -dominated domain on the eastern side ofLake Texcoco , although this domain was apparently under the influence or even loose control of theTepanec empire of his contemporary,Tezozomoc ofAzcapotzalco .Techotlalatzin was succeeded by his son,
Ixtlilxochitl I , who challenged the power of Tezozomoc and lost.Early sources for Techotlalatzin include
Fray Juan de Torquemada ,Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl ,Juan Bautista de Pomar , andCodex Xolotl , although these sources at times present conflicting information (in fact, they are often internally inconsistent).Notes
References
* |year=1980 |title=The Toltec Heritage: From the Fall of Tula to the Rise of Tenochtitlan (Civilization of the American Indian Series, Vol. 153) |location=Norman |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=0-806-11505-X
* |year=1979 |title=A Reassessment of the Extent and Structuring of the Empire of Techotlalatzin, Fourteenth Century Ruler of Texcoco |journal=Ethnohistory |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=pp.231–241 |doi=10.2307/481560
* |year=1984 |title=The Aztlan Migrations of Nahuatl Chronicles: Myth or History? |url=http://www.public.asu.edu/~mesmith9/1-CompleteSet/MES-84-Aztlan.pdf |format=
PDF |journal=Ethnohistory |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=pp.153–186 |doi=10.2307/482619
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