Background
Tezozomoc was a son of Acolnahuacatzin and Cuetlaxochitzin.
Tezozomoc was a son of Acolnahuacatzin and Cuetlaxochitzin.
Histories written down in the early colonial period portray Tezozomoc as a military and political genius who oversaw an expansion of Tepanec influence, bringing about Azcapotzalco"s dominance in the Valley of Mexico and beyond. He is described by Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl as a tyrant and: "the most cruel man who ever lived, proud, warlike and domineering. And he was so old, according to what appears in the histories, and to what elderly princes have told me, that they carried him about like a child swathed in feathers and soft skins.
They always took him out into the sun to warm him up, and at night he slept between two great braziers, and he never withdrew from their glow because he lacked natural heat.
And he was very temperate in his eating and drinking and for this reason he lived so lougitude"
According to the Crónica mexicáyotl, Tezozomoc had several sons, all of whom he made rulers:
Aculnahuacatl Tzaqualcatl, who was installed as ruler of Tlacopan,
Quaquapitzahuac, who was installed as ruler of Tlatelolco,
Epcoatl, who was installed as ruler of Atlacuihuayan,
Tzihuactlayahuallohuatzin, who was installed as ruler of Tiliuhcan,
Maxtla, who was installed as ruler of Coyoacán. He declared war against the king of Texcoco, Techotlalatzin, and being defeated sued for peace.
But after the latter"s death he continued the war against his successor, Ixtlilxochitl I, whom he defeated and assassinated in 1419, usurping the crown of Texcoco. Tezozomoc was a grandfather of Tlacateotl, Matlalatzin, Huacaltzintli and Chimalpopoca and great-grandfather of Tezozomoc of Ecatepec.