
Axayacatl
Āxāyacatl
Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan · Huey Tlatoani
1449 – 1481
Biography
Grandson of Moctezuma I and sixth tlatoani. He absorbed the rival Mexica city of Tlatelolco into Tenochtitlan after a brief war in 1473, conquered the Toluca Valley to the west, and famously suffered the only major Mexica military defeat at the hands of the Tarascan kingdom in 1478.
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