Miahuaxihuitl

Miahuaxihuitl (modern Nahuatl pronunciation^ⓘ) of Cuauhnahuac was a Queen of Tenochtitlan. Her name is also spelled as Miyahuaxihuitl. She was mother of the Princess Matlalcihuatzin and the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma I. She was also an aunt of the Queen Chichimecacihuatzin I and sister of the king Cuauhtototzin.

Miahuaxihuitl
Queen of Tenochtitlan
Born	Cuauhnahuac
Spouse	Emperor Huitzilihuitl
Issue	Emperor Moctezuma I
Father	King Tezcacohuatzin

Biography

Miahuaxihuitl's son Moctezuma I in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis

Miahuaxihuitl was born a princess, daughter of Tezcacohuatzin, king of Cuauhnahuac. She was known to be very beautiful.^[1]

Miahuaxihuitl became a wife of Aztec Emperor Huitzilihuitl. She was greeted with a pomp when she came to Tenochtitlan. She bore a son who would later become Emperor Moctezuma I.^[2]

Moctezuma married Miahuaxihuitl's niece Chichimecacihuatzin.

Family tree

Tezcacohuatzin

Miahuaxihuitl

Moctezuma I

Atotoztli II

Axayacatl, Tizoc and Ahuitzotl

See also

• List of Tenochtitlan rulers
• Cacamacihuatl