List of rulers of Tetzcoco

This is a list of the tlatoque of the pre-Columbian era altepetl of Tetzcoco.

Independent Tlatoque (1298-1418)

No.	Name	Reign	Epithet	Succession & notes	Death
1	Quinatzin Quinatzin	1298 – 1357	Of the Earth Tlatecatl	First Tlatoani of Tetzcoco. May have been subject to Coatlichan.	1357 Natural causes
2	Techotlala Techotlala	1357 – 1409		Son of Quinatzin.	1409 Natural causes
3	Ixtlilxochitl I Ixtlilxochitl	1409 – 1418	Two Rabbit Ome Tochtli	Son of Techotlala.	1418 (aged c. 38) Murdered on orders of Tezozomoc

No.	Picture	Name	Reign	Succession & notes	Death
4		Yancuiltzin Yancuiltzin	1418 – 1431	Son of Ixtlilxochitl I. Name also given sometime as Tilmatzin. May have ruled along with Tozquentzin and Tochpilli, a daughter and son of Ixtlilxochitl I respectively.	Unknown, exiled.

No.	Name	Reign	Epithet	Succession & notes	Death
5	Nezahualcoyotl I Nezahualcoyotl	1431 – 1472	Jaguar Arm Acolmiztli The Painter Yoyontzin	Son of Ixtlilxochitl I.	1472 (aged c. 70) Natural causes
6	Nezahualpilli Nezahualpilli	1472 – 1515		Son of Nezahualcoyotl.	1515 (aged c. 51) Natural causes
7	Cacama Cacama	1515 – 1520		Son of Nezahualpilli. Appointed by Moctezuma II, rebels against this appointment fled to Otompan under Ixtlilxochitl II.	1520 (aged c. 37) Killed during La Noche Triste
8	Cuizcuitzcatl Cuizcuitzcatl	1520		Son of Nezahualpilli. Appointed by Hernan Cortes by recommendation of Moctezuma II	1520 Killed by Coanacoch
9	Coanacoch Coanacoch	1520 – 1521		Son of Nezahualpilli.	1525 Hanged on the orders of Hernan Cortes

No.	Name	Reign	Succession & notes	Death
(9)	Coanacoch Pedro de Alvarado Coanacochtzin	1521 – 1525	Son of Nezahualpilli.	1525 Hanged on the orders of Hernan Cortes
10	Ixtlilxochitl II Fernando Cortes Ixtlilxochitl	1525 – 1531	Son of Nezahualpilli. Had claimed the throne of Teztcoco since the accession of Cacama in 1515, set up a rival kingdom in Otompan and agreed to divide the tribute of the kingdom of Tetzcoco between himself and Cacama. Collaborated with Cortes to overthrow the Aztec Empire.	1531 (aged c. 35) Natural causes
11	Yoyontzin Jorge Alvarado Yoyontzin	1531 – 1534	Son of Nezahualpilli.	1534 Natural causes
12	Tetlahuehuetzquititzin Pedro Tetlahuehuetzquititzin	1534 – 1539	Son of Nezahualpilli.	1539 Natural causes
13	Ometochtzin Carlos Ometochtzin Chichimecatecatl	1539	Son of Nezahualpilli.	1539 Continued to practice pre-colonial religion, burnt at the stake by Bishop Juan de Zumarraga
14	Tlahuitoltzin Antonio Pimentel Tlahuitoltzin	1539 – 1545	Son of Nezahualpilli.	1545 Natural causes
15	Nezahualcoyotl II Hernando Pimentel Nezahualcoyotl	1545 – 1565	Son of Coanacoch.	1565 Natural causes
16	Tecocoltzin Diego Tecocolchi	1565 – 1577	Son of Coanacoch.	1577 Natural causes

Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón (1997). Codex Chimalpahin: society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, and other Nahua altepetl in central Mexico: the Nahuatl and Spanish annals and accounts collected and recorded by don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin. The Civilization of the American Indian Series. edited and translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

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