Tlatoani

This article is about tlatoque in general. For the rulers of Tenochtitlan, see List of Tenochtitlan rulers.

Tlatoani (Classical Nahuatl: tlàtoāni pronounced [tɬaʔtoˈaːni]; plural tlàtòquê, [tɬaʔ.ˈtoʔ.keʔ]) is the Nahuatl term for the ruler of an altepetl, a pre-Hispanic state. The word literally means "speaker", but may be translated into English as "king".^[1] A cihuātlàtoāni ([si.waː.tɬaʔ.to.ˈaː.ni]) is a female ruler, or queen regnant.^[2]

The term quauhtlatoani refers to "provisional, interim, or at least non-dynastic rulers".^[3] The leaders of the Mexica prior to their settlement are sometimes referred to as quauhtlatoque, as are those colonial rulers who were not descended from the ruling dynasty.

See also

• List of Tenochtitlan rulers
• List of rulers of Texcoco
• List of Tlatelolco rulers
• Aztec Emperors family tree
• Aztec Empire

Notes

1. ^ Lockhart (2001, p.238); Schroeder (2007, p.3). See also the entry for "TLAHTOANI", in Wimmer (2006)
2. ^ Schroeder (2007, pp.3–4). See also the entry for "CIHUATLAHTOANI" in Wimmer (2006).
3. ^ Schroeder (1991, p. 188).

References

Richard E. Blanton, Elizabeth Hill Boone, Mary G. Hodge, Michael E. Smith, and Emily Umberger (1996). Aztec Imperial Strategies. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. ISBN 0-88402-211-0. OCLC 27035231. 

Gibson, Charles (1964). The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule: A History of the Indians of the Valley of Mexico, 1519–1810 (Reprinted 1976 ed.). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-0196-2. OCLC 190295. 

Lockhart, James (2001). Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts. UCLA Latin American studies, vol. 88; Nahuatl studies series, no. 6. Stanford and Los Angeles: Stanford University Press and UCLA Latin American Center Publications. ISBN 0-8047-4282-0. OCLC 46858459.  (English) (Nahuatl)

University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-1182-9. OCLC 21976206. 

"The Annals of Chimalpahin". In James Lockhart, Lisa Sousa, and Stephanie Wood (eds.) (PDF e-book online publication). Sources and Methods for the Study of Postconquest Mesoamerican Ethnohistory (Provisional version ed.). Eugene: University of Oregon Wired Humanities Project. http://whp.uoregon.edu/Lockhart/Schroeder.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-16. 

Wimmer, Alexis (2006). "Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique" (online version, incorporating reproductions from Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl ou mexicaine [1885], by Rémi Siméon). http://sites.estvideo.net/malinal/nahuatl.page.html.  (French) (Nahuatl)