Totoquihuaztli I

Names
	Totoquihuatzli, Totoquihuatzin I

Totoquihuatzli I
Totoquihuatzli I
Tlatoani of Tlacopan
Reign	1430 - 1469
Predecessor	Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl
Successor	Chimalpopoca
Died	1469
Names
Names
	Totoquihuatzli, Totoquihuatzin I

Totoquihuatzli I was a tlatoani (ruler) of the pre-Columbian Tepanec altepetl (ethnic state) of Tlacopan in the Valley of Mexico.[1][2]

It was during the reign of Totoquihuatztli I that the foundation of the Triple Alliance was formed, including the distribution of territory and share of tribute between Tlacopan, Tenochtitlan and Texcoco.[1]

In 1440 Totoquihuatzin I participated in the selection of Moctezuma I to succeed Itzcoatl. Then again in 1466 Totoquihuatzli I participated in the selection of Axayacatl to succeed Moctezuma I as the next tlatoani of Tenochtitlan.[2]

Notes

Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxichotl, History of the Chichimeca Nation. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2019.
Diego Durán, The History of the Indies of New Spain, translated, annotated and with introduction by Doris Heyden. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994.

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[Fernando-1] Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxichotl, History of the Chichimeca Nation. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2019.

[Duran-2] Diego Durán, The History of the Indies of New Spain, translated, annotated and with introduction by Doris Heyden. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994.