Cacamatzin was a 15th-century
Aztec
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noble
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— the eldest son of the ''
cihuacoatl'',
Tlacaelel — and
warrior
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who held the title of ''
Tlacochcalcatl''. His mother was princess
Maquiztzin.
[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
Nezahualpilli (Nahuatl for "fasting prince"; 1464–1515, ) was king (''tlatoani'') of the Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco, elected by the city's nobility after the death of his father, Nezahualcoyotl, in 1472. Nezahuapilli's mother was Azca ...
, the
tlatoani
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of
Texcoco. The pair had a son, named
Cacamatzin
Cacamatzin (or Cacama) (c. 1483–1520) was the tlatoani (ruler) of Texcoco,Diaz, B., 1963, The Conquest of New Spain, London: Penguin Books, the second most important city of the Aztec Empire.
Cacamatzin was a son of the previous king Nezahu ...
after his grandfather, who succeeded his father as ruler of Texcoco.
*
Tlacaelel II, 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
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of
Juan Rodríguez de Villafuerte, a
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.
Cacamatzin was killed by the
Purépecha
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after being captured in battle.
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15th-century births
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Tenochca nobility
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