Itzcoatl

Itzcoatl , whose name is translated Nahuatl by “obsidian Snake”, fourth sovereign of the Aztèques, is the son of Acamapichtli and a concubine, and, consequently, the brother of Huitzilihuitl and the uncle and successor of Chimalpopoca in 1427. It is him which releases the Aztec ones of the domination of the Tépanèques in 1428 thanks to a policy of alliance, recommended by its nephew and adviser Tlacaelel, with the two cities of Texcoco and Tlacopan, policy at the base of the Aztec power. Towards 1430 the tépanèque capital is taken and its sovereign Maxclatl is killed.

Following this victory of Itzcoatl, Tlacaelel receives the title of Cihuacoatl (to advise supreme in Nahuatl) and undertook a deep reform of the company. It is under its influence that was born the mystical vision from the Aztec people, elected nation of the Sun. It makes undertake by Itzcoatl a rewriting of the Histoire and for this reason made destroy all the old codices of the people subjected to replace them by those of the Aztec ones. In XVIe century, the Amerindian advisers of the Spanish monk Bernardino de Sahagún report to him that:

Their history had been preserved .

But it was then burned

when Itzcoatl reigned in Mexico City .

“Matritentes Codex” (Real Academia)

In the same way the former gods of the various people under Aztec control are preserved but Huitzilopochtli and his/her mother Coatlicue, as Tlaloc is placed at the head the Pantheon of the Aztec religion.

Itzcoatl dies towards 1440. Its nephew Moctezuma I {{er}} succeeds to him.

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