Maxixcatl
Tlatoani of Ocotelolco
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Maxixcatl (also often given, in its Nahuatl honorific form, as Maxixcatzin) was the tlatoani (ruler) of the Nahua altepetl (city-state) of Ocotelolco, one of the four towns that formed the state of Tlaxcallān. He was one of the main signatories of the alliance with Hernán Cortés during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
| Maxixcatl | |
|---|---|
 Painting of Maxixcatzin in Tlaxcala Regional Museum | |
| Tlatoani of Ocotelolco | |
| Reign | ? - 1520 |
| Predecessor | Cuitlixcatl |
| Successor | Lorenzo Maxixcatl |
| Died | 1520 |
| Issue | Lorenzo Maxixcatl |
Biography
Maxixcatzin was instrumental in forming the alliance between Tlaxcallān and the Spanish force of Hernán Cortés against the Aztecs.[1]: 140–188 He gave his daughter Zicuetzin—baptized as Luisa—to Juan Velazquez de Leon, both of whom were killed on La Noche Triste.[1]: 307
Maxixcatl died in the smallpox epidemic which decimated the indigenous population of central Mexico in 1520.[1]: 311 He was succeeded by his 13-year-old son Lorenzo Maxixcatl.
