Miahuaxihuitl () of
Cuauhnahuac was a
Queen
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of
Tenochtitlan
, also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was a large Mexican in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th annivers ...
. Her name is also spelled as Miyahuaxihuitl. She was mother of the Princess Matlalcihuatzin and the Aztec Emperor
Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I (–1469), also known as Montezuma I, Moteuczomatzin Ilhuicamina ( ) or Huehuemoteuczoma ( ), was the second Tlatoani, Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan. During his reign, the Aztec Empire was consolidated, major expansion ...
. She was also an aunt of the Queen
Chichimecacihuatzin I and sister of the king
Cuauhtototzin.
Biography
Miahuaxihuitl was born a princess, daughter of
Tezcacohuatzin, king of Cuauhnahuac. She was known to be very beautiful.
Miahuaxihuitl became a wife of Aztec Emperor
Huitzilihuitl
Huitzilihuitl () or Huitzilihuitzin (Nahuatl language; English: ''Hummingbird Feather'') (1370s – ''ca.'' 1417) was the second ''Tlatoani'' or king of Tenochtitlan. According to the Codex Chimalpahin, he reigned from 1390 to 1415, according to ...
. She was greeted with a pomp when she came to Tenochtitlan. She bore a son who would later become Emperor
Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I (–1469), also known as Montezuma I, Moteuczomatzin Ilhuicamina ( ) or Huehuemoteuczoma ( ), was the second Tlatoani, Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan. During his reign, the Aztec Empire was consolidated, major expansion ...
.
[García Purón (1984, pp. 31, 35)]
Moctezuma married Miahuaxihuitl's niece
Chichimecacihuatzin.
Family tree
See also
*
List of Tenochtitlan rulers
This is a list of Mesoamerican rulers of the ''altepetl'' of Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City) from its foundation in 1325 until the end of the line of indigenous rulers. From onwards, the rulers of Tenochtitlan were monarchs and used the title ' ...
*
Cacamacihuatl
References
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Tenochca nobility
Queens of Tenochtitlan
15th-century Aztec nobility
14th-century Aztec people