Axayacatl
Aztec/Mexica · mortal · triple alliance · Recorded classification
Axayacatl took his own twin city and then met the one enemy the Mexica could not beat. Tlatelolco shared the island with Tenochtitlan, ran the greatest market in the Americas, and had its own ruler; he ended that and annexed it. Then he went west against the Tarascans of Michoacan, who had bronze weapons and a state as well organised as his own, and came back with a fraction of his army. The Mexica never tried Michoacan again. Two of his sons became tlatoani, and one of them met Cortés.
Children
Domains
- sovereignty
Relations
- sibling: TizocBrother, and his successor.Reference treatment of the Mexica succession: Axayacatl, Tizoc and Ahuitzotl were brothers who ruled in turn. (secondary)
- sibling: AhuitzotlBrother.Reference treatment of the three brothers who ruled in succession. (secondary)
- father of: Moctezuma IISon.Reference treatment of Moctezuma II as the son of Axayacatl. (secondary)
- father of: CuitlahuacSon.Reference treatment of Cuitlahuac as a son of Axayacatl and brother of Moctezuma II. (secondary)
Sources
- Axayacatl is the sixth tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, reigning 1469-1481, who annexed Tlatelolco and was defeated by the Tarascans, and whose sons Moctezuma II and Cuitlahuac later ruled.: Reference treatments of Axayacatl, his reign and his family. (secondary)