Azcasuch
Azcaxochitl, or Azcasuch (Classical Nahuatl: Āzcaxōch [aːsˈkaʃoːtʃ]) was a cihuatlatoani (queen) of the pre-Columbian Acolhua altepetl of Tepetlaoztoc in the Valley of Mexico. Her name is Nahuatl for a kind of a flower (literally "ant-flower").[1][2]
She is believed to have been a daughter of Nezahualcoyotl, ruler of Texoco.[3] Azcasuch married Cocopin, the ruler of Tepetlaoztoc, c. 1431.[4] After her husband's death, she ascended to the throne herself as queen regnant.[4][5]
Azcasuch was succeeded by her grandson, Diego Tlilpotonqui.[6]
References
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- ^ Lee, Jongsoo (August 2015). The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl: Pre-Hispanic History, Religion, and Nahua Poetics. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-4338-3.
- ^ Diel, Lori Boornazian (March 2005). "Women and Political Power: The Inclusion and Exclusion of Noblewomen in Aztec Pictorial Histories". Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics. 47: 82–106. doi:10.1086/RESv47n1ms20167660. ISSN 0277-1322. S2CID 157991841.
- ^ a b Williams, Barbara J.; Harvey, H. R. (1997). The Códice de Santa María Asunción: Facsimile and Commentary : Households and Lands in Sixteenth-century Tepetlaoztoc. University of Utah Press. ISBN 978-0-87480-522-2.
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- Williams, Barbara J.; Harvey, H. R. (1997). The Códice De Santa María Asunción: Facsimile and Commentary: Households and Lands in Sixteenth-century Tepetlaoztoc. p. 64.