Huitzilihuitl

Huitzilihuitl's achievement was a marriage. The Mexica were still paying tribute to Azcapotzalco and still building their city out of a marsh; he married the Tepanec lord's daughter, and the tribute came down, and Mexica traders got better access, and the island started to look like a city. It is unglamorous statecraft and it set up everything his sons did. He is also the father of both Moctezuma I and Tlacaelel, which makes him the origin of the most effective political partnership in Mexica history.

Parentage

• Acamapichtli

Children

• Chimalpopoca
• Moctezuma I
• Tlacaelel

Domains

• sovereignty

Relations

• father of: Chimalpopoca
• father of: Moctezuma I
• father of: Tlacaelel

Sources

• Reference treatment of Huitzilihuitl and the codices' reign dates.