Huehue Zaca | |
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Tlacateccatl of Tenochtitlan | |
Tlatoani | Moctezuma I |
Cihuacoatl | Tlacaelels |
About | |
Father | Huitzilihuitl |
Mother | Miyahuaxochtzin |
Children |
Tzontemoc Huitzilatzin |
Huehue Zaca or Çaca (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈweːweʔ ˈsaka]), also Zacatzin (Çacatzin, [saˈkatsiːn]), was a 15th-century Aztec noble, prince and a warrior who served as tlacateccatl (" captain general" [1]) under the ruler Moctezuma I, his brother. [2] The name of Zaca is probably derived from Nahuatl zacatl, meaning "grass"; -tzin is an honorific or reverential suffix. Huehue is Nahuatl for "the elder", literally "old man".
Zaca was the fourth child of Emperor Huitzilihuitl. [3] His mother was Princess Miyahuaxochtzin, the daughter of Tlacacuitlahuatzin, ruler of Tiliuhcan. [4] He was the younger half-brother of Emperors Chimalpopoca and Moctezuma I. His other brother was prince Tlacaelel.
Moctezuma is said to have had Zaca executed for singing and beating his drum loudly. [5]
Zaca had two sons: Tzontemoc, who served as tlacateccatl under Moctezuma's successors Axayacatl and Tizoc; [6] and Huitzilatzin, who was installed by Axayacatl as the first ruler of Huitzilopochco [6] (now known as Churubusco), a city near Chalco whose inhabitants are said to have been cannibals prior to the imposition of Aztec government. [6] [7] A descendant of Zaca through his son Huitzilatzin, Hernando Huehue Cetochtzin, was taken along with many other indigenous nobles (notably Cuauhtemoc) on conquistador Hernán Cortés's expedition to Honduras ( Huey Mollan), during which he died. [8]
Huehue Zaca | |
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Tlacateccatl of Tenochtitlan | |
Tlatoani | Moctezuma I |
Cihuacoatl | Tlacaelels |
About | |
Father | Huitzilihuitl |
Mother | Miyahuaxochtzin |
Children |
Tzontemoc Huitzilatzin |
Huehue Zaca or Çaca (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈweːweʔ ˈsaka]), also Zacatzin (Çacatzin, [saˈkatsiːn]), was a 15th-century Aztec noble, prince and a warrior who served as tlacateccatl (" captain general" [1]) under the ruler Moctezuma I, his brother. [2] The name of Zaca is probably derived from Nahuatl zacatl, meaning "grass"; -tzin is an honorific or reverential suffix. Huehue is Nahuatl for "the elder", literally "old man".
Zaca was the fourth child of Emperor Huitzilihuitl. [3] His mother was Princess Miyahuaxochtzin, the daughter of Tlacacuitlahuatzin, ruler of Tiliuhcan. [4] He was the younger half-brother of Emperors Chimalpopoca and Moctezuma I. His other brother was prince Tlacaelel.
Moctezuma is said to have had Zaca executed for singing and beating his drum loudly. [5]
Zaca had two sons: Tzontemoc, who served as tlacateccatl under Moctezuma's successors Axayacatl and Tizoc; [6] and Huitzilatzin, who was installed by Axayacatl as the first ruler of Huitzilopochco [6] (now known as Churubusco), a city near Chalco whose inhabitants are said to have been cannibals prior to the imposition of Aztec government. [6] [7] A descendant of Zaca through his son Huitzilatzin, Hernando Huehue Cetochtzin, was taken along with many other indigenous nobles (notably Cuauhtemoc) on conquistador Hernán Cortés's expedition to Honduras ( Huey Mollan), during which he died. [8]