Huehue Acamapichtli

For his nephew, see Acamapichtli.

Huehue Acamapichtli (Ācamāpichtli [aːkamaːˈpit͡ʃt͡ɬi] = "Handful of reeds") was a king (Spanish language: rey; Nahuatl: tlatoani) of Culhuacán in Mexico.

He was a son — and successor — of King Coxcoxtli and his wife.[1]

His sister was Atotoztli I[2] of Culhuacán — mother of tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, named also Acamapichtli.[3]

Diego Durán, Fernando Alvarado Tezozómoc and Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl mentioned that Huehue Acamapichtli occupied the throne of Culhuacan in 1324.

Sources

  1. Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin. Codex Chimalpahin. ISBN 0-8061-2921-2.
  2. Susan D. Gillespie (1989). The Aztec Kings: The Construction of Rulership in Mexican History.
  3. Frederick Ward Putnam, Alfred Louis Kroeber, Robert Harry Lowie. Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Opseg 17.
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Coxcoxtli
King of Culhuacán Succeeded by
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