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{{Infobox royalty
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| succession =[[List of Texcoco rulers|''Tlatoani'' of Texcoco]]
| image= NezahualcoyotlGardenTADF.JPG
| caption =Bronze casting done of
| reign =1429–1472
| predecessor =[[Ixtlilxochitl I]]
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He is best remembered for his poetry; for his [[Hamlet]]-like biography as a dethroned prince with a victorious return, leading to the fall of [[Azcapotzalco (altepetl)|Azcapotzalco]] and the rise of the [[Aztec Triple-Alliance|Aztec Triple Alliance]]; and for leading important infrastructure projects, both in [[Tetzcoco (altepetl)|Texcoco]] and [[Tenochtitlan]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Nezahualcoyotl: Texcoco’s Warrior Poet, Philosopher and King |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfkX3rvc5VE |access-date=2023-03-26 |language=en}}</ref> According to accounts by his descendants and biographers, [[Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl]] and [[Juan Bautista Pomar]], he had an experience of an "Unknown, Unknowable Lord of Everywhere" to whom he built an entirely empty temple in which no blood sacrifices of any kind were allowed — not even those of animals. However, he allowed human sacrifices to continue in other temples.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Prescott|first=William H.|title=History of the Conquest of Mexico|publisher=J. B. Lippincott Company|year=1904|location=Paris|pages=208}}</ref>
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