Ilancueitl

First queen of Tenochtitlan
Ilancuéitl
A drawing of Ilancuéitl
Cihuātlahtoāni of Tenochtitlan[1]
PredecessorTeuhtlehuatzin[2]
SuccessorAcamapichtli
SpouseKing Acamapichtli
FatherKing Acolmiztli

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.

Ilancuéitl charged herself with the education of her stepson Huitzilihuitl.

See also

References

  1. ^ Klein, Cecelia (2001). Gender in Pre-Hispanic America. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. pp. 330–334. ISBN 9780884022794.
  2. ^ Santamarina Novillo, Carlos (2011). El Sistema de Dominacion Azteca: El Imperio Tepaneca (in Spanish). Editorial Académica Española. p. 431. ISBN 9783845485096.
  • Gillespie, Susan D. (1989). The Aztec Kings: The Construction of Rulership in Mexica History. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-1339-2. OCLC 232590050.
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 Queen of Tenochtitlan
1376–1395
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Wives of Huitzilihuitl
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