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==Name==
The Nahuatl name Nezahualcoyotl is commonly translated as “hungry coyote” or “fasting coyote.” However, more accurately, it means "coyote with a fasting collar," from ''nezahualli'', a collar made out of bands of paper twisted together. It was worn by those fasting to show others that they
==Early life==
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==The reconquest of Texcoco==
[[File:Nezahualcoyotl.jpg|thumb|Nezahualcoyotl as depicted in the 16th century [[Codex Ixtlilxochitl]].]]
As the ''[[tlatoani]]'' [[Itzcoatl]] of [[Tenochtitlan]] requested help from the Huexotzincans against the [[Tepanec]]s, Nezahualcoyotl envisioned a single military force in order to fight the mighty kingdom of [[Azcapotzalco (altepetl)|
The war was declared a shared and single effort, and the coalition army of more than 100,000 men under the command of Nezahualcoyotl and other important ''[[tlatoque]]'' headed towards [[Azcapotzalco (altepetl)|
The campaign was divided into three parts. One army attacked [[Acolman]] to the north and the second [[Coatlinchan]] to the south. A contingent led by Nezahualcoyotl himself was intended to attack Acolhuacan, only after providing support, upon request, to the first two armies. The coalition conquered Acolman and [[Otompan|Otumba]], sacking them only due to the sudden Tepanec siege of Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco.
In a tactical move, the three armies united again and then divided into two. One of them, under Nezahualcoyotl, headed towards [[Texcoco (altepetl)|Texcoco]], laying siege to Acolhuacan on its way, while the other attacked and destroyed [[Azcapotzalco (altepetl)|
After their victory, the coalition began a series of attacks on isolated Tepanec posts throughout the territory of Texcoco. The defeat of the Tepanecs and the total destruction of the kingdom of Azcapotzalco gave rise to the [[Aztec Triple Alliance]] between Texcoco, Tenochtitlan, and Tlacopan. Nezahualcoyotl was eventually crowned Tlatoani of [[Texcoco (altepetl)|Texcoco]] in 1431.
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