Tlacopan

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Tlacopan
1428–1521
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Pre-Columbian
• Formation of the Aztec Empire	1428
• Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire	1521
Succeeded by New Spain

Tlacopan, also called Tacuba, (

The name comes from Classical Nahuatl tlacōtl, "stem" or "rod" and -pan, "place in or on" and roughly translates to "place on the rods"),^[1]

History

Tlacopan was a Tepanec subordinate city-state to nearby altepetl, Azcapotzalco.

In 1428, after its successful conquest of Azcapotzalco, Tlacopan allied with the neighbouring city-states of

Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl, the son of the Tepanec ruler, Tezozomoc, was installed as tlatoani of Tlacopan until his death in c.1430. Throughout its existence, Tlacopan was to remain a minor polity within the Triple Alliance. It received only a fifth of tribute earned from joint campaigns with its more powerful allies.

In 1521, the Aztec Empire collapsed as a result of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, led by Hernán Cortés and his native Tlaxcallan allies. Over the next few centuries, Tlacopan has been assimilated into the sprawling mega-metropolis of Mexico City. The archæological site of Tlacopan is located in Tacuba, within the present-day municipality of Miguel Hidalgo.

Rulers of Tlacopan

• Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl (c. 1427)^[3]
• Totoquihuaztli I (c. 1428), often considered the first tlatoani of Tlacopan; co-founder of the Aztec Triple Alliance.^[4]
• Chimalpopoca (?–?)^[3]
• Totoquihuatzin (?–1519)^[3]
• Tetlepanquetzal (1519–1525),^[5][6] son of Totoquihuatzin.^[6]

Tlacopan was mostly leaderless from 1526 to 1550; the de facto ruler was Isabel Moctezuma since the city was part of her encomienda.^[7] Business in the city were handled by various appointed governors and nobles unrelated to the previous dynasty.^[6]

• Don Antonio Cortés Totoquihuaztli the Elder (c. 1550–1574), descendant of the pre-colonial tlatoani. Made tlatoani after Isabel Moctezuma's death.^[7]

See also

• The other leaders of the Triple Alliance:
  • List of rulers of Tenochtitlan
  • List of rulers of Tetzcoco
• History of the Aztecs

References