Tlacacuitlahuatzin () was the first

ruler A ruler, sometimes called a rule, line gauge, or scale, is a device used in geometry and technical drawing, as well as the engineering and construction industries, to measure distances or draw straight lines. Variants Rulers have long ...

of Tiliuhcan, a

pre-Columbian In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era spans from the original settlement of North and South America in the Upper Paleolithic period through European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage of 1492. Usually, th ...

Tepanec The Tepanecs or Tepaneca are a Mesoamerican people who arrived in the Valley of Mexico in the late 12th or early 13th centuries.The dates vary by source, including 1152 CE in Anales de Tlatelolco, 1210 from Chimalpahin, and 1226 from Ixtlilxoch ...

altepetl The (, plural ''altepeme'' or ''altepemeh'') was the local, ethnically-based political entity, usually translated into English as "city-state," of pre-Columbian Nahuatl-speaking societiesSmith 1997 p. 37 in the Americas. The ''altepetl'' was co ...

'' (ethnic state) near

Tlacopan Tlacopan, also called Tacuba, was a Tepanec / Mexica altepetl on the western shore of Lake Texcoco. The site is today the neighborhood of Tacuba, in Mexico City. Etymology The name comes from Classical Nahuatl ''tlacōtl'', "stem" or "rod" and ...

Family

His father was called Huehuetzin. His daughters

Miyahuaxochtzin Miyahuaxochtzin of Tiliuhcan was a Queen of Tenochtitlan as a wife of King Huitzilihuitl. She was a daughter of King Tlacacuitlahuatzin and sister of Princess Matlalxochtzin and Queen Tlacochcuetzin. She was the mother of Prince Huehue Zaca an ...

and Matlalxochtzin married

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 ...

and

Tlatolqaca Tlatolqaca () was an Aztec prince, son of Emperor Acamapichtli and Queen Huitzilxotzin, grandson of Princess Atotoztli I, half-brother of Emperors Huitzilihuitl and Itzcoatl, an uncle of Chimalpopoca and Moctezuma I Moctezuma I (–1469), also ...

(respectively), sons of

Acamapichtli Acamapichtli ( nci-IPA, Ācamāpichtli, aːkamaːˈpit͡ʃt͡ɬi, meaning "Handful of reeds") was the first ''Tlatoani'', or king, of the Aztecs (or Mexica) of Tenochtitlan, and founder of the Aztec imperial dynasty. Chronicles differ as to the ...

, the first king of

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 ...

. Another daughter, Tlacochcuetzin, married

Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl (ruled c. 1400–c. 1430) was the first ''tlatoani'' (ruler) of the pre-Columbian Tepanec ''altepetl'' (ethnic state) of TlacopanDiego Durán, The History of the Indies of New Spain, translated, annotated and with introd ...

, the first king of

. Upon his death, Tlacacuitlahuatzin was succeeded by

Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin was the second king of Tiliuhcan. He is mentioned in ''Crónica mexicáyotl''. Biography Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin was a son of Tezozomoc, famous king of Azcapotzalco. His brothers were Kings Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl, ...

, a son of Tezozomoc, the ruler of

Azcapotzalco Azcapotzalco ( nci, Āzcapōtzalco , , from ''wikt:azcapotzalli, āzcapōtzalli'' “anthill” + ''wikt:-co, -co'' “place”; literally, “In the place of the anthills”) is a Boroughs of Mexico City, borough (''demarcación territorial'') i ...

.Chimalpahin (1997): pp. 128–129. Tlacacuitlahuatzin was a grandfather of the prince

Huehue Zaca Huehue Zaca or Çaca (), also Zacatzin (''Çacatzin'', ), was a 15th-century Aztec noble, prince and a warrior who served as ''tlacateccatl'' ("captain general") under the ruler Moctezuma I, his brother. The name of Zaca is probably derived from N ...

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