Atotoztli I
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- For her great-great-granddaughter, see Atotoztli II.
Atotoztli I was a Princess
Princess
Princess is the feminine form of prince . Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or his daughters....
of Culhuacan
Culhuacan
Culhuacan or Colhuacan was one of the Nahuatl-speaking pre-Columbian city-states of the Valley of Mexico. According to tradition, Culhuacan was founded by the Toltecs under Mixcoatl and was the first Toltec city...
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Biography
Atotoztli was a daughter of King CoxcoxtliCoxcoxtli
Coxcoxtli was a king of city-state Culhuacan. He had two children - a son called Huehue Acamapichtli and a daughter Atotoztli I, who married Opochtli Iztahuatzin and bore him Acamapichtli, the first ruler of Tenochtitlan. He was thus an ancestor of Aztec emperors....
and sister of King Huehue Acamapichtli. She married Opochtli Iztahuatzin
Opochtli Iztahuatzin
Opochtli Iztahuatzin was a husband of Princess Atotoztli I, daughter of the King Coxcoxtli of Culhuacan. He was a father of the first ruler of Tenochtitlan, Acamapichtli and grandfather of Kings Huitzilihuitl and Itzcoatl....
and bore him a son called Acamapichtli
Acamapichtli
Acamapichtli was the first tlatoani, or ruler, of the Aztecs of Tenochtitlan, and founder of the Aztec imperial dynasty. He became ruler in 1375 and reigned for 19 years.- Family and early life :...
after her brother. She lived with her son in Texcoco. Her son became the first Aztec emperor.