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Chimalpilli I

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Issue
  
Matlaccoatzin

Died
  
1465

Grandchildren
  
Tlacuilolxochtzin

Name
  
Chimalpilli I

Children
  
Matlaccoatzin

Mother
  
Chichimecacihuatzin II

Successor
  
Tezozomoc

Father
  
Huehue Huanitzin

Parents
  
Chichimecacihuatzin II


Chimalpilli I

Grandparents
  
Moctezuma I, Chichimecacihuatzin I

Great-grandparents
  
Huitzilihuitl, Cuauhtototzin, Miahuaxihuitl

Chimalpilli I was a tlatoani (ruler) of the Aztec altepetl (city-state) of Ecatepec from 1428 until his death in 1465. He was the first known historical king of that city.

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He was also known as Huehue Chimalpilli.

There was also Chimalpilli II.

Biography

Chimalpilli was a son of Chichimecacihuatzin II. Her father was an Aztec emperor Moctezuma I and her mother was queen Chichimecacihuatzin I.

His father was Huehue Huanitzin, a "great leader" of Itztapalapan.

His successor was Tezozomoc, son of Emperor Chimalpopoca.

Family tree

Chimalpilli had a son called Matlaccoatzin, and he is sometimes called a king.

References

Chimalpilli I Wikipedia