Nezahualpilli
Nezahualpilli (Nahuatl for "fasting prince"; 1464–1515) was king (tlatoani) of the Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco, elected by the city's nobility after the death of his father, Nezahualcoyotl, in 1472. Like his father, he was a poet, was considered a sage, and had the reputation of being a fair ruler. Only one of his poems survives: "Icuic Nezahualpilli yc tlamato huexotzinco" ("Song of Nezahualpilli during the war with Huexotzinco").
Nezahualpilli
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- Name
- Nezahualpilli I
- Spouse
- Yacotzin
- Born
- 1464
- Died
- 1515
- Nationality
- Aztec Triple Alliance, Mexico and New Spain.
- Occupation
- poet and writer.
- Languages
- Nahuatl and Spanish.
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Nezahualpilli (Nahuatl for "fasting prince"; 1464–1515) was king (tlatoani) of the Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco, elected by the city's nobility after the death of his father, Nezahualcoyotl, in 1472. Like his father, he was a poet, was considered a sage, and had the reputation of being a fair ruler. Only one of his poems survives: "Icuic Nezahualpilli yc tlamato huexotzinco" ("Song of Nezahualpilli during the war with Huexotzinco").
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His court was a haven for astronomers, engineers, and soothsayers. During his reign, he abolished capital punishment for a number of crimes and struggled to keep the political independence of Texcoco during the increasing centralization of Aztec power in Tenochtitlán. When he told Moctezuma II that the Texcocan wise men had foretold foreign dominion over the Valley of Mexico, the emperor challenged him to a ball game. Moctezuma considered the loss of the game a negative omen. Said to have taken numerous consorts and fathered 144 children. He was succeeded by his son Cacama.
Detail of a copy of the Tlohtzin Map made by José Antonio Pichardo (1758-1812), identified at the Bibliothèque nationale de France as ms. Mexicain 89-4. The original was painted in the 1540s. At the left, King Nezahualcoyotl of Texcoco is observed sitting in his throne (icpalli). His son Nezahualpilli is also in his throne, beneath his father. In front of them, their wives are seen. The Nahuatl-
José Antonio Pichardo (1748-1812) · Amoxcalli
Detail of folio 52r of one of the two manuscripts known as the Códices Matritenses, deposited at the Royal Academy of History in Madrid, Spain. The manuscripts contain one of the works of the Spanish Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún, who spent much of his life living in Mexico to conduct research on the culture of the indigenous peoples in the 16th century, after they got conquered by the S
Bernardino de Sahagún · Biblioteca Digital Real Academia de la Historia
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• Name — Nezahualpilli I • Succession — Tlatoani of Texcoco • Reign — 1473–1515 • Predecessor — Nezahualcoyotl • Successor — Cacama • Spouse — Yacotzin • Issue — Cacama Ixtlilxochitl II Many other children • Father — Nezahualcoyotl • Mother — Azcalxochitzin • Born — 1464 • Died — 1515
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1463
Nezahualpilli was born in 1463.
1515
Nezahualpilli died in 1515.
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- 1.Poemás náhuatl. 978-84-9816-823-5.
- 2.Fernando. 978-607-16-0485-9.
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