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Chimalpilli I


FieldValue
nameChimalpilli I
imageAztecman.jpg
image_size189px
captionAn image of an Aztec king
successionTlatoani of Ecatepec
reign1428–1465
successorTezozomoc
issueMatlaccoatzin
fatherHuehue Huanitzin
motherChichimecacihuatzin II
death_date1465

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.Explorations in ethnohistory: Indians of central Mexico in the sixteenth century by H. R. Harvey, Hanns J. Prem

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.

title=Tlatoani of Ecatepec| years=1428–1465| before=—| after=Tezozomoc|

References

References

  1. 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.
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