Chimalpopoca
Aztec/Mexica · mortal · founding of tenochtitlan · Recorded classification
Chimalpopoca died at the wrong end of somebody else's coup. Azcapotzalco's old lord died, the succession there turned violent, and the Mexica king — who was a grandson of the old lord and therefore a complication — ended up dead in Tepanec custody. The sources disagree about whether he was murdered, killed himself, or was removed by his own people to clear the way for a war party. Whatever happened, it gave Itzcoatl a casus belli, and within a few years Azcapotzalco was destroyed and the Mexica were nobody's clients.
Parentage
- parent: Huitzilihuitl
Domains
- sovereignty
Relations
- sibling: Moctezuma IBrother.Reference treatment of the sons of Huitzilihuitl. (secondary)
- half sibling: TlacaelelHalf-brother.Reference treatment of Tlacaelel as a half-brother within Huitzilihuitl's family. (secondary)
Sources
- Chimalpopoca is the third tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, reigning 1417-1426, who died in Tepanec hands during the Azcapotzalco succession crisis.: Reference treatment of Chimalpopoca and his reign. (secondary)