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Maquiztzin

Maquiztzin
SpouseTlacaelel
IssueCacamatzin
Tlilpotoncatzin
Xiuhpopocatzin
FatherHuehue Quetzalmacatzin
MotherTlacocihuatzin Ilama

Maquiztzin was the daughter of the Chalca ruler Huehue Quetzalmacatzin and Tlacocihuatzin Ilama, in 15th-century Mesoamerica.

She married Tenochcan Tlacaelel and moved to Tenochtitlan with him. She had five children. Her eldest son was Cacamatzin. One of other children was the great warrior Tlilpotoncatzin. The last child was Princess Xiuhpopocatzin. It is unknown where she went.

She was a grandmother of Tlacaelel II, and an ancestor of Leonor Moctezuma and María Moctezuma.


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