| Chimalpilli I | |
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 An image of an Aztec king | |
| Tlatoani of Ecatepec | |
| Reign | 1428 - 1465 |
| Successor | Tezozomoc |
| Died | 1465 |
| Issue | Matlaccoatzin |
| Father | Huehue Huanitzin |
| Mother | Chichimecacihuatzin II |
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| Aztec Empire |
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Chimalpilli I was a tlatoani (ruler) of the Aztec altepetl (city-state) of Ecatepec from 1428 until his death in 1465. He was the first known historical king of that city.
He was also known as Huehue Chimalpilli.
There was also Chimalpilli II.
Biography
Chimalpilli was a son of Chichimecacihuatzin II. Her father was an Aztec emperor Moctezuma I and her mother was queen Chichimecacihuatzin I.
His father was Huehue Huanitzin, a "great leader" of Itztapalapan.
His successor was Tezozomoc, son of Emperor Chimalpopoca.
Family tree
Chimalpilli had a son called Matlaccoatzin, and he is sometimes called a king.
| Huehue Tezozomoctli | Chimalpilli I Ruler of Ecatepec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Axayacatl Ruler of Tenochtitlan | Matlaccoatzin Prince of Ecatepec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tezozomoctli Acolnahuacatl | Tlacuilolxochtzin | Moctezuma II Ruler of Tenochtitlan | Tlapalizquixochtzin Queen of Ecatepec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Don Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin Ruler of Ecatepec and Tenochtitlan | Doña Francisca de Moctezuma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hernando de Alvarado Tezozomoc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by— | Tlatoani of Ecatepec 1428–1465 |
Succeeded byTezozomoc |
References
- Explorations in ethnohistory: Indians of central Mexico in the sixteenth century by H. R. Harvey, Hanns J. Prem
- Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin (September 1997). Codex Chimalpahin: society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan and other Nahua Altepetl in central Mexico. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-8061-2950-1. Retrieved 16 October 2011.