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  1. Mother. Empress Tezcatlan Miyahuatzin. Huitzilihuitl ( Nahuatl pronunciation: [wit͡siˈliwit͡ɬ] ⓘ) or Huitzilihuitzin ( Nahuatl language; English: Hummingbird Feather) (1370s – ca. 1417) [1] was the second Tlatoani or king of Tenochtitlan. According to the Codex Chimalpahin, he reigned from 1390 to 1415, according to the Codex Aubin, he ...

  2. Huitzilíhuitl was born in Tenochtitlan, and was the son of Acamapichtli, first tlatoani of the Mexica, founder of the Aztec Empire. Only 16-years-old when his father died, Huitzilíhuitl was elected by the principal chiefs, warriors and priests of the city to replace him. At that time, the Mexica were tributaries of the Tepanec city-state of ...

  3. Huitzilihuitl is a personal name meaning hummingbird feather in Nahuatl, attested in the history of Mexico-Tenochtitlan and Tetzcoco. Learn about its orthography, etymology, and attestations from various sources in English.

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  5. Initially, the Mexica hired themselves out as mercenaries in wars between Nahuas, breaking the balance of power between city states. Eventually they gained enough glory to receive royal marriages. Mexica rulers Acamapichtli, Huitzilihuitl and Chimalpopoca were, from 1372 to 1427, vassals of Tezozomoc, a lord of the Tepanec nahua.

  6. Oct 20, 2022 · Learn about Huitzilihuitl, the son of Acamapichtli and the first Mexica born in Tenochtitlan. He expanded the city's influence, married into other altepetls, and died in 1417.

  7. Oct 27, 2015 · Huitzilihuitl got to the task of maintaining and expanding his city with great zeal worthy of his glorious father. Very capable and as committed as the First Tlatoani, even if maybe not as dynamic and forceful, he dedicated much energy to the further expending of the city, vigorous building and lawmaking, enforcement of customs and religious laws.

  8. Dec 17, 2021 · HUITZILIHUITL (weet-see-lee-weetle), the name of two Aztec kings. The second was 4th king of Mexico (2d according to some accounts), b. in the latter half of the 14th century; d. 2 Feb., 1414. After the death of his father, Acamapixtli, in 1402, the priests tried to prevent the election of a new sovereign, in order to usurp the power, and only ...

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