Quauhtlatoa (or Cuauhtlatoa) ( 1 Flint (1428)Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 130–131. – 4 Reed (1431)Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 232–233./ 7 Flint (1460)Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 132–133./

8 House 8 House ( da, 8 Tallet), also known as Big House, is a large mixed-use development built in the shape of a figure 8 on the southern perimeter of the new suburb of Ørestad in Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed by Bjarke Ingels, founding partner of the ...

(1461) Codex Telleriano-Remensis: f. 33v.) was a

tlatoani ''Tlatoani'' ( , "one who speaks, ruler"; plural ' or tlatoque) is the Classical Nahuatl term for the ruler of an , a pre-Hispanic state. It is the noun form of the verb "tlahtoa" meaning "speak, command, rule". As a result, it has been variou ...

(king, ruler) of the

Nahua The Nahuas () are a group of the indigenous people of Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. They comprise the largest indigenous group in Mexico and second largest in El Salvador. The Mexica (Aztecs) were of Nahua ethnicity, ...

city-state Tlatelolco.

Biography

He was a son of Prince Acolmiztli of Tlatelolco, grandson of the King

Tlacateotl Tlacateotl (or Tlacateotzin; ? – 1426 or 1427/28) was the second Tlatoani of the Aztec city of Tlatelolco from 1417 until his death. Reign Under his rule the Tlatelolcas continued to expand their wealth and influence within the valley of Mex ...

and great-grandson of

Quaquapitzahuac Quaquapitzahuac (died 1417) was the first ruler of the Aztec city of Tlatelolco. His name, which means "Slender Horn", was pronounced in Classical Nahuatl, and is also spelled Cuacuauhpitzahuac, Cuacuapitzahuac, and Quaquauhpitzahuac. His neph ...

. He was a successor of his grandfather and was killed by the Tenochca. The Annals of Cuauhtitlan (in Bierhorst 1992) give Quauhtlatoa as a father of King Tezozomoctli.

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{{reflist Tlatoque of Tlatelolco 15th-century monarchs in North America 15th-century indigenous people of the Americas