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Maquiztzin

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Father
  
Huehue Quetzalmacatzin

Parents
  
Huehue Quetzalmacatzin

Mother
  
Tlacocihuatzin Ilama

Children
  
Cacamatzin Tlilpotoncatzin Xiuhpopocatzin

Similar
  
Tlacaelel, Cacamatzin, Huitzilihuitl, Moctezuma I

Maquiztzin was the daughter of the Aztec Tlatoque (ruler) Huehue Quetzalmacatzin and Tlacocihuatzin Ilama, in 15th-century Mesoamerica.

She married Tenochcan Tlacaelel and moved to Tenochtitlan with him. She bore him five children. Her eldest son was Cacamatzin. One of other children was the great warrior Tlilpotoncatzin. 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 MarĂ­a Moctezuma.

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Maquiztzin Wikipedia