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Nezahualpilli

Type Figure Region Mesoamerica Time 1464–1515 Also known as Nezahualpilli、Netzahualpilli、内萨瓦尔皮利

Monarch of the Kingdom of Texcoco, 1464–1515, ruler of Texcoco in the Aztec Triple Alliance, famed as poet and legislator, who promoted judicial refo…

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  1. 1464–1472Texcoco · Valley of MexicoSon of Nezahualcoyotl, he succeeded in 1472 after his father's death, continuing the framework of the Triple Alliance and maintaining cooperative relations with the Aztec rulers.
  2. 1472–1500Texcoco · Valley of MexicoPromoted the code and judicial reforms, built palaces and temples, and patronized poets and scholars, making Texcoco the cultural and scholarly center of the Valley of Mexico.
  3. 1500–1515Texcoco · Valley of MexicoIn his later years he continued to maintain the alliance and dealt with succession; he died in 1515 and was succeeded by his son Cacamatzin, while Texcoco retained relative autonomy in the early period of the Spanish conquest.

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