Itzcoatl
Sign in to saveItzcoatl ( , "Obsidian Serpent", ) (c. 1380–1440) was the fourth king of Tenochtitlan, and the founder of the Aztec Empire, ruling from 1427 to 1440. Under Itzcoatl the Mexica of Tenochtitlan threw off the domination of the Tepanecs and established the Triple Alliance (Aztec Empire) together with the other city-states Tetzcoco and Tlacopan.
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- Royalty.name
- Itzcoatl
- Royalty.image
- Itzcoatl.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Itzcoatl in the Codex Mendoza
- Royalty.succession
- Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan
- Royalty.reign
- 1427–1440
- Royalty.predecessor
- Xihuitl Temoc
- Royalty.successor
- Moctezuma I
- Royalty.issue
- Tezozomoc
- Royalty.father
- Acamapichtli
- Royalty.mother
- Tepanec woman from Azcapotzalco
- Royalty.spouse
- Huacaltzintli
- Royalty.birth_date
- c. 1380
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Place of birth
- Tenochtitlan
- Place of death
- Tenochtitlan
- Father
- Acamapichtli
- Mother
- Tepanec
- Sibling
- Huitzilihuitl
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- Itzcoatl.jpg
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- Itzcoatl
- date of death
- 1440-01-01
- date of birth
- 1380-01-01
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- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
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Itzcoatl ( , "Obsidian Serpent", ) (c. 1380–1440) was the fourth king of Tenochtitlan, and the founder of the Aztec Empire, ruling from 1427 to 1440. Under Itzcoatl the Mexica of Tenochtitlan threw off the domination of the Tepanecs and established the Triple Alliance (Aztec Empire) together with the other city-states Tetzcoco and Tlacopan.
== Biography == Itzcoatl was the natural son of tlàtoāni Acamapichtli and an unknown Tepanec woman from Azcapotzalco. He was elected as the king when his predecessor, his nephew Chimalpopoca, was killed by Maxtla of the nearby Tepanec āltepētl (city-state) of Azcapotzalco. Allying with Nezahualcoyotl of Texcoco, Itzcoatl went on to defeat Maxtla and end the Tepanec domination of central Mexico.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Itzcoatl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.