Chimalpilli II

Chimalpilli II
Tlatoani of Ecatepec
PredecessorMatlaccohuatl[1]
SuccessorDiego de Alvarado Huanitzin
DynastyRoyal family of Tenochtitlan
FatherAhuitzotl[2]
MotherUnknown

Chimalpilli II (died in year 2 Técpatl) was a Tlatoani (ruler) of the Nahua altepetl (city-state) Ecatepec, in 16th-century Mesoamerica.[3]

The first known tlatoani of Ecatepec was Chimalpilli I, grandson of an Aztec tlatoani.

The successor of Chimalpilli II was Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin, who also became tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, as well as its governor (Cabildo of San Juan Tenochtitlan) under the colonial Spanish system of government.

  1. ^ Arqueología de superficie en San Cristóbal Ecatepec, Estado de México: un estudio del desarrollo de las fuerzas productivas en el México prehispánico by Humberto Domínguez Chávez, Wilfrido Du Solier
  2. ^ Hassig, Ross (1988): Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman.
  3. ^ Moctezuma's children: Aztec royalty under Spanish rule, 1520-1700 by Donald E. Chipman

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