List of Tenochtitlan rulers

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This is a list of the tlatoque of the pre-Columbian altepetl of Tenochtitlan.

Under the Tepanec suzerainty

Acamapichtli
1376 – 1395
Acamapichtli.png Son of Opochtli Iztahuatzin and Atotoztli I 1 Reed (1395)
Huitzilihuitl
Five Snake (22 January)
3 Reed (1396) – 5 Snake (1417)
Huitzilíhuitl.gif Son of Acamapichtli and Tezcatlan Miyahuatzin 5 Snake (1417)
Chimalpopoca
3 Serpent (21 July)
1 Reed (1417) – 12 Rabbit (1427)
Chimalpopoca.jpg Son of Huitzilihuitl and Ayauhcihuatl 12 Rabbit (1427)
His wife was Matlalatzin.

Emperors of the Triple Alliance (Aztec Empire)

Tlatoani Picture Birth Death Notes
Itzcoatl
13 Water (22 June)
13 Reed (1427) – 13 Flint (1440)
100px Son of Acamapichtli and a commoner from Azcapotzalco 13 Flint (1440)
His wife was Huacaltzintli.
Moctezuma Ilhuicamina
(Moctezuma I)
3 Serpent (22 May)
13 Flint (1440) – 3 house (1469)
Huehuemoteuczoma mendoza.jpg Son of Huitzilihuitl and Miahuaxihuitl of Quauhnahuac 3 House (1469)
His wife was Chichimecacihuatzin I.
Axayacatl
2 Rain (2 August)
3 House (1469) – 2 House (1481)
Axayacatl.jpg Son of Tezozomoctli and Atotoztli II 2 House (1481)
Tizoc
6 Vulture (2 June)
2 House (1481) – 7 Rabbit (1486)
Tizoc.jpg Son of Tezozomoctli and Atotoztli 7 Rabbit (1486)
Ahuitzotl
10 Rabbit (15 April)
7 Rabbit (1486) – 10 Rabbit (1502)
Ahuitzotl.jpg Son of Tezozomoctli and Atotoztli II 10 Rabbit (1502)
Moctezuma Xocoyotzin
(Moctezuma II)
9 Deer (14 April)
10 Rabbit (1502) – 2 Flint (1520)
Moctezuma Mendoza.jpg Son of Axayacatl 2 Flint (1520)
Cuitláhuac
5/8 Wind (16 September)
2 Flint (1520)
Cuitlahuac2.jpg Son of Axayacatl and a noblewoman of Itztapalapan 2 Flint (3 December)
2 Flint (1520)
Cuauhtémoc
Izcalli/February
3 House (1521) – 7 House (1525)
Cuauhtemoc cropped.jpg Son of Ahuitzotl 7 House (27 February 1525)
Acalan

Colonial rulers

Tlatoani Picture Birth Death Notes
Juan Velázquez Tlacotzin
7 House (1525)
Grandson of Tlacaelel II, grandson of Tlacaelel 7 House (1525)
Nochiztlan
Installed by Hernán Cortés in Huey Mollan. Died before returning to Tenochtitlan.
Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuh
7 House (1525) – 12 Rabbit (1530)
12 Rabbit (1530)
Aztatlan
Installed in Huey Mollan. A quauhtlatoani ("interim ruler").
Pablo Xochiquentzin
1 Flint (1532) – 5 Flint (1536)
5 Flint (1536) A quauhtlatoani ("interim ruler").
Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin
7 Rabbit (1539) – 10 House (1541)
Huanitzin2.jpg Son of Tezozomoctli Aculnahuacatl, grandson of Axayacatl 10 House (1541)
Diego de San Francisco Tehuetzquititzin
10 House (1541) – 10 Rabbit (1554)
Tehuetzquititzin.jpg Son of Tezcatl Popocatzin, grandson of Tizoc 10 Rabbit (1554)
Esteban de Guzmán
10 Rabbit (1554) – 13 House (1557)
Xochimilco Not a tlatoani, but a judge (juez).
Cristóbal de Guzmán Cecetzin
13 House (1557) – 5 Rabbit (1562)
Cristobaldeguzman.jpg Son of Diego Huanitzin 5 Rabbit (1562) Installed by Esteban de Guzmán.
Luis de Santa María Nanacacipactzin
6 Reed (1563) – 8 House (1565)
Luiscipac.jpg 8 House (1565)

See also