Cacamatzin (tlacochcalcatl)

Infobox Military Person
name=Cacamatzin
lived=
placeofbirth=Mexico Tenochtitlan
placeofdeath=Michoacan
allegiance=Mexico Tenochtitlan
rank=Tlacochcalcatl
relations=Son of Tlacaelel

Cacamatzin was a 15th century Aztec noble — the eldest son of the cihuacoatl, Tlacaelel [Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 52–53, 140–141.] — and warrior who held the title of Tlacochcalcatl.Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 48–49.]

He had twelve children, only three of whom are known:Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 140–141]
*A female (name unknown), who married Nezahualpilli, the tlatoani of Texcoco. The pair had a son, named Cacamatzin after his grandfather, who succeeded his father as ruler of Texcoco.
*Tlacaelel, named after his grandfather, who also became cihuacoatl. [Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 54–55, 140–141.]
*Chicuey or Chicome Axochitzin, a warrior whose daughter became the mistress of Juan Rodríguez de Villafuerte, a Spanish conquistador.

Cacamatzin was killed by the Tarascans after being captured in battle.

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*cite book |author=Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón |chapter=Mexican History or Chronicle |authorlink=Chimalpahin |year=1997 |title=Codex Chimalpahin: 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 |others=edited and translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder |series=The Civilization of the American Indian Series |pages=pp. 26–177 |location=Norman |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=0-8061-2921-2