Tezozomoctli was a 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....

("ruler" or "king

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") of the pre-Columbian

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 Nahua altepetl

Altepetl

The altepetl, in Pre-Columbian and Spanish conquest-era Aztec society, was the local, ethnically based political entity. The word is a combination of the Nahuatl words ā-tl, meaning water, and tepē-tl, meaning mountain....

(city-state

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) of Cuauhtitlan in central Mexico

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. His palace was located at Huexocalco.

Tezozomoctli was born at the Mexica

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 city of Tlatelolco

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Tlatelolco is an area in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, centered on the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, a square surrounded on three sides by an excavated Aztec archaeological site, a 17th century church called Templo de Santiago, a former convent, and office complexes that used to belong to...

. His father was Tlacateotl

Tlacateotl

Tlacateotl was the second ruler of the Aztec city of Tlatelolco.-Family:He succeeded his father, Quaquapitzahuac, upon his death in 1407. He was a brother of the queens Matlalatzin and Huacaltzintli and grandson of the famous king Tezozomoc...

, who was the second tlatoani of Tlatelolco. His mother was Xiuhtomiyauhtzin

Xiuhtomiyauhtzin

-Family:She was born as a princess, the daughter of the king Acolmiztli.She married the king Tlacateotl. She was a mother of the king Tezozomoctli and Queen Izquixotzin....

, the daughter of the tlatoani of Coatl Ichan, Acolmiztli. Tezozomoctli was probably named after his great-grandfather, the powerful ruler of Azcapotzalco

Azcapotzalco

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Tezozomoctli's ancestors in three generations

Tezozomoctli	Father: Tlacateotl Tlacateotl Tlacateotl was the second ruler of the Aztec city of Tlatelolco.-Family:He succeeded his father, Quaquapitzahuac, upon his death in 1407. He was a brother of the queens Matlalatzin and Huacaltzintli and grandson of the famous king Tezozomoc...	Paternal Grandfather: Quaquapitzahuac Quaquapitzahuac Quaquapitzahuac was the first ruler of the Aztec city of Tlatelolco. His name, which means "Slender Horn", was pronounced in Classical Nahuatl, and is also spelled Cuacuauhpitzahuac, Cuacuapitzahuac, and Quaquauhpitzahuac.-Family:...	Paternal Great-grandfather: Huehue Tezozomoctli
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Tzihuacxochitzin Tzihuacxochitzin Tzihuacxochitzin was a Queen consort of Azcapotzalco as a wife of the king Tezozomoc, who was very famous.She was a daughter of the noble dignitary called Huitzilaztatzin...
		Paternal Grandmother: Acxocueitl Acxocueitl Acxocueitl was the first Queen consort of city-state of Tlatelolco.-Family:She was a daughter of Acolmiztli. She married Quaquapitzahuac.Their children were:*Tlacateotl*Matlalatzin*HuacaltzintliShe was a grandmother of the prince Tezozomoc....	Paternal Great-grandfather: Toteoci
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Acxocuetzin
	Mother: Xiuhtomiyauhtzin Xiuhtomiyauhtzin -Family:She was born as a princess, the daughter of the king Acolmiztli.She married the king Tlacateotl. She was a mother of the king Tezozomoctli and Queen Izquixotzin....	Maternal Grandfather: Acolmiztli	Maternal Great-grandfather: Tzompantzin
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In the Tepanec War in the year 3 Rabbit

Aztec calendar

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 (1430), Cuauhtitlan was attacked and defeated by the combined forces of the surrounding peoples. After being informed at his refuge at Cincoc Huehuetocan that Cuauhtitlan had been captured, Tezozomoctli travelled to Atzompan where he committed suicide

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 by poison

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