
Ahuitzotl
Āhuītzōtl
Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan · Huey Tlatoani
1451 – 1502
Biography
Younger brother of Axayacatl, the eighth and most expansionist tlatoani. He doubled the size of the empire, reaching the Pacific coast of Guatemala. The dedication of the renovated Templo Mayor in 1487 reportedly involved the ritual sacrifice of more than twenty thousand prisoners over four days. He died from a head injury sustained during a flood in Tenochtitlan.
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