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Ilancueitl ( Nahuatl for "old-woman skirt"; pronounced [ilaŋˈkʷeː.itɬ]) was the first queen of Tenochtitlan . Biography. Ilancuéitl was a daughter of the then ruler of Culhuacán, Acolmiztli [citation needed], and she married Acamapichtli, the first ruler of Tenochtitlan. She bore no children, so her husband took more wives.
Ilancueitl. Principal English Translation: "Old Woman's Skirt," wife (and eventual widow) of the ruler of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, Acamapichtli; sometimes she is also said to have been one of two daughters of Acamapichtli
Mar 10, 2021 · 1776. Ilancuéitl, Atotoztli and Tecuichpo, were fundamental pieces in the political and territorial alliances to maintain the Mexican power. Although women did not usually have an equal role in pre-Hispanic Mexico in the central area, there is a record of some who stood out for maintaining balance, political cohesion and even exercising ...
Ilancueitl was the first queen of the Aztecs. She was a Colhuacan princess who married the king of Tenochtitlan primarily for strategic purposes. She would prove to be barren and did not produce any offspring. However, because of her royal blood, later Aztec rulers would claim to be her direct descendants.
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This compound glyph for the personal name of a ruling woman, Ilancueitl, shows a set of upper teeth ( tlantli ), a skirt ( cueitl ), and a cord tie around the skirt with dangling organs ( elli ). The tying of the organs involves the verb ilpia. For other representations of organs, see below.
He married Ilancueitl, daughter of the then ruler of Culhuacán, Acolmiztli. To integrate these ties with the city of Tenochtitlan, Acamapichtli took a wife from each Tenochtitlan calpulli (in addition to his first wife Ilancuetl).
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