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Cacamatzin

Type Figure Region Mesoamerica Time c. 1480–1520 Also known as Cacamatzin、Cacama、卡卡马

Tlatoani (ruler) of Texcoco, a city-state of the Acolhua alliance; birth year unknown, died 1520.…

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  1. c. 1510–1519Texcoco · TexcocoRuled the city-state of Texcoco and maintained the alliance with the Aztec Empire of Tenochtitlan; Texcoco was renowned for scholarship, poetry, and the calendar, a major cultural center of the Valley of Mexico.
  2. 1519–1520Tenochtitlan · Valley of MexicoAfter Cortés entered the city in 1519, he was held under house arrest in Tenochtitlan by the Spanish along with Moctezuma. Around the Night of Sorrows in 1520 the situation intensified; Cacamatzin died in the unrest, and Ixtlilxochitl succeeded to the throne of Texcoco.

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