Coanacochtzin (died 1525) was the last
tlatoani
''Tlatoani'' ( , "one who speaks, ruler"; plural ' or tlatoque) is the Classical Nahuatl term for the ruler of an , a pre-Hispanic state. It is the noun form of the verb "tlahtoa" meaning "speak, command, rule". As a result, it has been various ...
(ruler) of
Texcoco before the city came under Spanish control.
One of
Nezahualpilli
Nezahualpilli ( Nahuatl for "fasting prince"; 1464–1515, ) was king (''tlatoani'') of the Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco, elected by the city's nobility after the death of his father, Nezahualcoyotl, in 1472. Nezahuapilli's mother was Azc ...
's sons, he succeeded to throne after the death of his half-brother
Cacama in 1520.
[Diaz, B., 1963, The Conquest of New Spain, London: Penguin Books, ] When the forces under
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (; ; 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish ''conquistador'' who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of w ...
approached Texcoco during their conquest of the Aztec Empire, Coanacoch fled to
Tenochtitlan
, ; es, Tenochtitlan also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, ; es, México-Tenochtitlan was a large Mexican in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear. The date 13 March 1325 was ...
. In his place, Cortés appointed his Spain-aligned brother
Tecocoltzin as ''tlatoani'' of Texcoco.
Coanacoch assisted
Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc (, ), also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler (''tlatoani'') of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, making him the last Aztec Emperor. The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended like an eagle" ...
at the
Fall of Tenochtitlan in defending the city and was captured after its fall. He was executed by Cortés in 1524.
References
Year of birth missing
1525 deaths
Tlatoque
Texcoco (altepetl)
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