Nezahualpilli

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Nezahualpilli I
Tlatoani of Texcoco
Reign1473–1515
PredecessorNezahualcoyotl
SuccessorCacama
Born1464
Died1515
SpouseYacotzin
IssueCacama


Ixtlilxochitl II


Many other children
FatherNezahualcoyotl
MotherAzcalxochitzin

Nezahualpilli (

Texcoco, elected by the city's nobility after the death of his father, Nezahualcoyotl, in 1472. Nezahuapilli's mother was Azcalxochitzin, who married Nezahualcoyotl after the death of her first husband, King Cuahcuauhtzin of Tepechpan.[1]

Like his father, he was a

When he told

ball game. Moctezuma considered the loss of the game a negative omen.[3][4]
: 15  He was said to have taken numerous consorts and fathered 144 children.

Nezahualpilli was succeeded by his son Cacama.

Notes

  1. ^ Lori Boornazian Diel (2009). The Tira de Tepechpan: Negotiating Place Under Aztec and Spanish Rule. Austin: University of Texas Press.
  2. ^ Miguel León-Portilla (1967). Trece poetas del mundo azteca [Thirteen poets of the Aztec world] (in Spanish) (2nd 1978 ed.). Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México. pp. 77=87.
  3. ^ Fehrenbach (1973), p.103

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Preceded by
Tlatoque of Texcoco

1473–1515
Succeeded by