Huey Tlatoani (Nahuatl "great speaker", also spelt Uei Tlatoani or Hueyi Tlahtoani; plural Huey Tlatoque) was the Nahuatl title used for the emperor of the Mexica (Aztec). They were rulers of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, and as such became the heads of the Triple Alliance of Tenochitlán, Texcoco and Tlacopan. Nahuatl is a native language of central Mexico. ... An empire (also known technically, abstractly or disparagingly as an imperium, and with powers known among Romans as imperium) comprises a set of regions locally ruled by governors, viceroys or client kings in the name of an emperor. ... The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th century. ... Plan of Tenochtitlan ( Dr Atl) Mexico City statue commemorating the foundation of Tenochtitlan Tenochtitlan (pronounced ) or, alternatively, Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was the capital of the Aztec empire, which was built on an island in Lake Texcoco in what is now central Mexico. ... Texcoco is a city in México State, Mexico, located to the east of Mexico City at 19. ...

The title of tlatoani has often been translated as 'Aztec emperor'. The succession of tlatoque was not passed on by direct inheritence. The tlatoani was elected by a consensus of the Aztec élite. The tlatoani was the head of government and the army, and also the high priest of the Mexica.

Ténoch, the legendary founder of Tenochtitlan, was the first tlatoani of the city. He was followed by eleven tlatoque in succession, under whom Mexica became a powerful Meso-American state, only to be eventually overcome by internal dissension and the conquistadores of New Spain. Tenoch was a ruler of the Azteca during the fourteenth century. ... Conquistador (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas and Asia Pacific under Spanish rule between the 15th and 17th centuries. ... Flag of New Spain New Spain (in the Spanish language Nueva España) was the name given to the Spanish colonial territory in North America from c. ...

List of tlatoque of Tenochtitlan

• Tenoch (1325-1376)
• Acamapichtili (1376-1395)
• Huitzilíhuitl (1395-1417)
• Chimalpopoca (1417-1427)
• Itzcóatl (1427-1440)
• Moctezuma I (1440-1469)
• Axayacatl (1469-1481)
• Tízoc (1481-1486)
• Auitzotl (1486-1502)
• Moctezuma II (1502-1520)
• Cuitláhuac (1520)
• Cuauhtémoc (1520-1521)

Tenoch was a ruler of the Azteca during the fourteenth century. ... Events Muhammed Tughlaq succeeds his father Ghiyas al-Din Tughlaq as Sultan of Delhi. ... Events March – The treaty between England and France is extended until April of 1377. ... Acamapichtili was the first hereditary monarch (Tlatoani) of the Aztecs. ... Events March – The treaty between England and France is extended until April of 1377. ... Events End of reign of Hungary by Capet-Anjou family. ... Events End of reign of Hungary by Capet-Anjou family. ... Events Antipope Benedict XIII is deposed, and Pope Martin V is elected. ... Chimalpopoca (died circa 1427) was the third Tlatoani, or Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán. ... Events Antipope Benedict XIII is deposed, and Pope Martin V is elected. ... Events Lincoln College in Oxford is founded. ... Itzcóatl was the leader of the Tenochcas or Aztec from 1427/ 1428 to 1440. ... Events Lincoln College in Oxford is founded. ... For alternative meanings, see number 1440. ... The first great leader of the Aztecs, Moctezuma Ilhuicamina, or Moctezuma I (the surname meaning solitary one who shoots an arrow into the sky) was born from a noble named Huitzilihuitl. ... For alternative meanings, see number 1440. ... Events July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. ... Axayacatl was an Aztec ruler (Tlatoani) of the city of Tenochtitlán from 1469 to 1481. ... Events July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. ... Events May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II. May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513) With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted... Tízoc was the Aztec ruler ( Tlatoani) of the city of Tenochtitlán. ... Events May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II. May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513) With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted... Events Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies of poisoning. ... Auítzotl (sometimes rendered as Ahuitzotl) was the Aztec ruler of the city of Tenochtitlán. ... Events Tízoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies of poisoning. ... Events January 1 - Portuguese explorers sailed into Guanabra Bay, Brazil and mistook it for the mouth of a river which they named Rio de Janeiro May 9 - Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final trip to the New World. May 21 - Portuguese discover island of St Helena. ... Moctezuma II (also Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin) (1466-1520) was an Aztec ruler or huey tlatoani, c. ... Events January 1 - Portuguese explorers sailed into Guanabra Bay, Brazil and mistook it for the mouth of a river which they named Rio de Janeiro May 9 - Christopher Columbus leaves Spain for his fourth and final trip to the New World. May 21 - Portuguese discover island of St Helena. ... Events January 18 - King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde. ... Cuitláhuac was the Aztec ruler (Tlatoani) of the city of Tenochtitlán from June to October 1520. ... Events January 18 - King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde. ... Cuauhtémoc (also Cuauhtemotzin or Guatimozin; also written Cuauhtemoc without the diacritical mark) was the last Aztec ruler ( Tlatoani) of Tenochtitlán and the last Aztec Emperor. The name means descending eagle, from Nahuatl cuauhtli (eagle) and temoc (descent); by extension it can be interpreted as setting sun. He lived... Events January 18 - King Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde. ... Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther. ...

Puppets under Spanish rule

• Diego Velázquez Tlacotzin (1525-1526)
• Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuh (1526-1530)
• Pablo Xochiquentzin (1532-1536)
• Diego Huanitzin (1539-1541)
• Diego de San Francisco Tehuetzquitizin (1541-1554)