Maquiztzin was the daughter of the Aztec

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(ruler) Huehue Quetzalmacatzin and Tlacocihuatzin Ilama, in 15th-century

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. She married Tenochcan

Tlacaelel Tlacaelel I (1397 – 1487) ( nci, Tlācaēllel , "Man of Strong Emotions," from "tlācatl," person and "ēllelli," strong emotion) was the principal architect of the Aztec Triple Alliance and hence the Mexica (Aztec) empire. He was the son ...

and moved to

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with him. She had five children. Her eldest son was

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. One of other children was the great warrior

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. The last child was Princess Xiuhpopocatzin. It is unknown where she went. She was a grandmother of Tlacaelel II, and an ancestor of Leonor Moctezuma and María Moctezuma.

Notes

*{{cite book , author=Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón , authorlink=Chimalpahin , year=1997 , chapter=Mexican History or Chronicle , title=Codex Chimalpahin: society and politics in Mexico Tenochtitlan, Tlatelolco, Texcoco, Culhuacan, and other Nahua altepetl in central Mexico: the Nahuatl and Spanish annals and accounts collected by don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin , others=Edited and translated by Arthur J. O. Anderson and Susan Schroeder , location=Norman , publisher=University of Oklahoma Press , pages=25–177 , isbn=0-8061-2921-2 Tenochca nobility 15th-century women 15th-century indigenous people of the Americas Nobility of the Americas