Maxixcatl
Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox royalty Maxixcatl[1] was the tlatoani (ruler) of the Nahua altepetl (city-state) of Ocotelolco, one of the four towns that formed the state of Tlaxcallan. He was one of the main signers of the alliance with Hernán Cortés during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
Biography
Maxixcatzin was instrumental in forming the alliance between Tlaxcallan and the Spanish force of Hernán Cortés against the Aztecs.[2]Template:Rp He gave his daughter Zicuetzin, baptized as Luisa, to Juan Velazquez de Leon, both of whom were killed on La Noche Triste.[2]Template:Rp
Maxixcatl died in the smallpox epidemic which decimated the indigenous population of central Mexico in 1520.[2]Template:Rp He was succeeded by his 13-year-old son Lorenzo Maxixcatl.
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References
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- ↑ The Nahuatl name is often used in the honorific form as Maxixcatzin.
- ↑ a b c Diaz, B., 1963, The Conquest of New Spain, London: Penguin Books, Template:ISBN
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Further reading
- Hassig, Ross (2001) "Xicotencatl: rethinking an indigenous Mexican hero", Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl, UNAM (Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl).