Diego Velázquez Tlacotzin
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Juan Velázquez Tlacotzin was Cihuacoatl
(counselor) during the tenure of Moctezuma II
, and Cuauhtémoc
. He was grandchild of the Cihuacoatl Tlacaelel
tzin.
Tlacotzin was captured and later tortured by Hernán Cortés
along with Cuauhtémoc to reveal the location of Royal Treasures and gold of the Imperial Family. After the execution of Emperor Cuauhtémoc
he was chosen as the Cuauhtemoc's successor. Immediately after the execution of Cuauhtemoc, Cortés ordered Tlacotzin to be dressed as a Spaniard, and give him a sword and a white horse as symbols of his new position as Tlatoani
. He became the Aztec
ruler (1525–1526). He was baptized as don Juan Velásquez. He accompanied Cortés on his three years expedition but died in 1526 (8 Tochtli) of an unknown sickness in Nochixtlan, before returning to Tenochtitlan. Cortés immediately chose his successor to be Don Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuh
.
Cihuacoatl
In Aztec mythology, Cihuacoatl was one of a number of motherhood and fertility goddesses....
(counselor) during the tenure of Moctezuma II
Moctezuma II
Moctezuma , also known by a number of variant spellings including Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecuhzoma and referred to in full by early Nahuatl texts as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, was the ninth tlatoani or ruler of Tenochtitlan, reigning from 1502 to 1520...
, and Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521...
. He was grandchild of the Cihuacoatl Tlacaelel
Tlacaelel
Tlacaelel I was the principal architect of the Aztec Triple Alliance and hence the Mexica empire. He was the son of Emperor Huitzilihuitl and Queen Cacamacihuatl, nephew of Emperor Itzcoatl, and brother of Emperors Chimalpopoca and Moctezuma I.During the reign of his uncle Itzcoatl, Tlacaelel was...
tzin.
Tlacotzin was captured and later tortured by Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...
along with Cuauhtémoc to reveal the location of Royal Treasures and gold of the Imperial Family. After the execution of Emperor Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521...
he was chosen as the Cuauhtemoc's successor. Immediately after the execution of Cuauhtemoc, Cortés ordered Tlacotzin to be dressed as a Spaniard, and give him a sword and a white horse as symbols of his new position as Tlatoani
Tlatoani
Tlatoani is the Nahuatl term for the ruler of an altepetl, a pre-Hispanic state. The word literally means "speaker", but may be translated into English as "king". A is a female ruler, or queen regnant....
. He became the Aztec
Aztec
The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the late post-classic period in Mesoamerican chronology.Aztec is the...
ruler (1525–1526). He was baptized as don Juan Velásquez. He accompanied Cortés on his three years expedition but died in 1526 (8 Tochtli) of an unknown sickness in Nochixtlan, before returning to Tenochtitlan. Cortés immediately chose his successor to be Don Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuh
Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuh
Don Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuhtzin Huitznahuatlailótlac was the ruler of Tenochtitlan .After the death of Don Juan Velázquez Tlacotzin in Nochixtlan in 1525, Hernán Cortés chose Don Andrés Motelchiuhtzin as the new ruler of Tenochtitlan....
.