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Juan de Guzmán Itztolinqui (reigned 1526–1569Gibson (1960): p. 186) was a post-

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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 the ''

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'' (ethnic state) of

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in the

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. Juan de Guzmán's father was Quauhpopocatzin, a previous ruler of Coyoacán, and his mother was a daughter of

Huitzilatzin Huitzilatzin (or Huitzillatzin) (died in the year Seven Reed/1499Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 214–215) was the first ''tlatoani'' (ruler) of the pre-Columbian ''altepetl'' (ethnic state) of Huitzilopochco (now Churubusco) in the Valley of Mexico.Chi ...

, a ruler of

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. He was thus a great-great-grandson of

Huitzilihuitl Huitzilihuitl or Huitzilihuitzin (Nahuatl language; English: ''Hummingbird Feather'') (1370s – ''ca.'' 1417) was the second ''Tlatoani'' or king of Tenochtitlan. According to the Codex Chimalpahin, he reigned from 1390 to 1415, according to t ...

, the second

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ruler of

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. He was installed as ''tlatoani'' by

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in 1526, after the death of his elder brother Hernando Cetochtzin in 1525 during Cortés's expedition to

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. Don Juan married a niece of

Carlos Ometochtzin Carlos Ometochtzin (Nahuatl for "Two Rabbit"; ) or Ahuachpitzactzin, or Chichimecatecatl (Nahuatl for "Chichimec lord," is also known simply as Don Carlos of Texcoco, was a member of the Acolhua nobility. His date of birth is unknown. In dispute i ...

, a Texocan lord who was

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in 1539 for continuing to practise the pre-Hispanic religion. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his son Juan de Guzmán the younger.Gibson (1960): p. 187.

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