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Tlacotzin

Type Figure Region Central America Time c. 1470–1525 Also known as Tlacotzin、特拉科津

A high-ranking Aztec noble and politician of the late empire, born in an unknown year, died 1525;…

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  1. c. 1500–1521Tenochtitlan · Valley of MexicoOf Aztec ruling-class origin, he held important political offices in the empire's final period, participating in city-state internal affairs and court business, laying the groundwork for his later regency.
  2. 1521–1525Tenochtitlan · Valley of MexicoAfter Cuauhtémoc's capture in August 1521, the Spanish conquerors appointed Tlacotzin among the indigenous nobles to oversee daily governance, maintain order in the valley, and assist the colonial authorities in administering the former Aztec tributary regions, until his death in 1525.

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