HUEY TLATOANI

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'Hueyi Tlatoani' (Nahuatl "great speaker", also spelt 'Uei Tlatoani' or 'Huey Tlahtoani'; plural ''Hueyi Tlatoque'') was the Nahuatl title used for the emperor of the Mexica (Aztec). They were rulers of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, and as such became the heads of the Triple Alliance of Tenochtitlān, Texcoco, and Tlacopan.
The title of tlatoani has often been translated as 'Aztec emperor'. The succession of tlatoque was not passed on by direct inheritance. The tlatoani was elected by a consensus of the Aztec élite. The tlatoani was the head of government and the army, and also the high priest of the Mexica.

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List of tlatoque of Tenochtitlan

Appointed under Spanish rule

References

List of tlatoque of Tenochtitlan

★ Acamapichtli ★ Huitzilíhuitl ★ Chimalpopoca ★ Itzcóatl ★ Moctezuma I ★ Axayacatl ★ Tízoc ★ Ahuitzotl ★ Moctezuma II ★ Cuitláhuac ★ Cuauhtémoc

; (1376–1395); (1395–1417); (1417–1427); (1427–1440); (1440–1469); (1469–1481); (1481–1486); (1486–1502); (1502–1520); (1520); (1520–1525, formally abdicated in 1521)

Appointed under Spanish rule

★ Diego Velázquez Tlacotzin ★ Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuh ★ Pablo Xochiquentzin ★ Diego Huanitzin ★ Diego de San Francisco Tehuetzquitizin ★ Esteban de Guzmán regent ★ Cristóbal de Guzmán Cecetzin ★ Luis de Santa María Nanacacipactzin

; (1525–1526); (1526–1530); (1532–1536); (1539–1541); (1541–1554); (1554-1556); (1557-1562); (1563-1565)

As appearing in the colonial document Anales de Tlatelolco.

References

★ Berdan, Frances F. (2005) ''The Aztecs of Central Mexico: An Imperial Society''. 2nd ed. Thomson-Wadsworth, Belmont, CA.

★ Berdan, Frances F., Richard E. Blanton, Elizabeth H. Boone, Mary G. Hodge, Michael E. Smith and Emily Umberger (1996) Aztec Imperial Strategies. Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC.

★ Carrasco, Pedro (1999) ''The Tenochca Empire of Ancient Mexico: The Triple Alliance of Tenochtitlan, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan''. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.

★ Clendinnen, Inga (1991) ''Aztecs: An Interpretation''. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

★ Hassig, Ross (1988) ''Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control''. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.

★ Smith, Michael E. (2003) ''The Aztecs''. 2nd ed. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford.

★ Smith, Michael E, "Life in the Provinces of the Aztec Empire", ''Scientific American''.

★ Soustelle, J., (1961) ''The Daily life of the Aztecs'', London, WI

★ Townsend, Richard F. (2000) ''The Aztecs''. revised ed. Thames and Hudson, New York.