Tizoc

<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2>
<h3>Family</h3>
<p>Tizoc was a son of the princess <a href="/facts/Atotoztli_II/Fe9VYxI2">Atotoztli II</a> and her cousin, prince <a href="/facts/Tezozomoc_(son_of_Itzcoatl)/Iekdy2tj">Tezozomoc</a>. He was a grandson of Emperors <a href="/facts/Moctezuma_I/LVLv3f6R">Moctezuma I</a> and <a href="/facts/Itzcoatl/DzCh2cED">Itzcoatl</a>. He was a descendant of the King <a href="/facts/Cuauhtototzin/HXLsHpv2">Cuauhtototzin</a>.
</p><p>He was successor of his brother <a href="/facts/Axayacatl/EFwY9I6f">Axayacatl</a> and was succeeded by his other brother, <a href="/facts/Ahuitzotl/RPD2S12g">Ahuitzotl</a>; his sister was the Queen <a href="/facts/Chalchiuhnenetzin/V8W0HTQz">Chalchiuhnenetzin</a>, married to <a href="/facts/Moquihuix/8BbSntxe">Moquihuix</a>, tlatoani of <a href="/facts/Tlatelolco_(altepetl)/s4AMIxmQ">Tlatelōlco</a>. He was an uncle of Emperors <a href="/facts/Cuauht%C3%A9moc/p5cpCooE">Cuauhtémoc</a>, <a href="/facts/Moctezuma_II/vcrTXR5I">Moctezuma II</a> and <a href="/facts/Cuitl%C3%A1huac/Gw4CH4Le">Cuitláhuac</a> and grandfather of <a href="/facts/Diego_de_San_Francisco_Tehuetzquititzin/yo99SDDs">Diego de San Francisco Tehuetzquititzin</a>.
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<h3>Reign</h3>
<p>Most sources agree that Tizoc took power in 1481 (the <a href="/facts/Aztec_calendar/djK3macp">Aztec year</a> "2 House"), succeeding his older brother. Although Tizoc's reign was relatively short, he began the rebuilding of the <a href="/facts/Great_Pyramid_of_Tenochtitlan/cSVLrYKA">Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan</a> (a task completed by his younger brother in 1487), and also put down a rebellion of the Matlatzincan peoples of the <a href="/facts/Toluca/cX1YWB9z">Toluca</a> Valley.
</p><p>According to the <i><a href="/facts/Codex_Mendoza/HtYwLkvB">Codex Mendoza</a></i>, during Tizoc's reign the <i><a href="/facts/Altepetl/yaDCFNmk">āltepēmeh</a></i> of Tonalimoquetzayan, Toxico, <a href="/facts/Ecatepec/gcaqah9H">Ecatepec</a>, <a href="/facts/Cill%C3%A1n/FeeyLU5F">Cillán</a>, Tecaxic, Tolocan, Yancuitlan, <a href="/facts/Tlappan/fqVqnweq">Tlappan</a>, Atezcahuacan, <a href="/facts/Mazatl%C3%A1n/MDUIu5BM">Mazatlán</a>, Xochiyetla, Tamapachco, Ecatliquapechco and Miquetlan were conquered.
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<h3>Death</h3>
<p>Tizoc died in 1486, though it is still somewhat unclear how. Some sources suggest that he was <a href="/facts/Poison/XIQjhpsw">poisoned</a>, others that he fell to illness.
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<h2 id="in-popular-culture">In popular culture</h2>
<ul><li>The <i>Obsidian and Blood</i> series by <a href="/facts/Aliette_de_Bodard/LxIkwcC7">Aliette de Bodard</a> is set in the last year of the reign of <a href="/facts/Axayacatl/EFwY9I6f">Axayacatl</a> and the first years of the reign of Tizoc, with their youngest brother <a href="/facts/Ahuitzotl/RPD2S12g">Ahuitzotl</a> appearing as a primary character. The second book, <i>Harbinger of the Storm</i> is primarily set during the election of Tizoc as tlatoani after the death of Axayacatl.</li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li>Mexico portal</li><li>Biography portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_Tenochtitlan_rulers/na6p4lMm">List of Tenochtitlan rulers</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Stone_of_Tizoc/3ch3fjC8">Stone of Tizoc</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>

<ul><li>Townsend, Richard F. (2000). <i>The Aztecs</i> (revised ed.). New York: Thames and Hudson.</li>
<li>Hassig, Ross (1988). <a href="https://archive.org/details/aztecwarfareimpe0000hass"><i>Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control</i></a>. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.</li>
<li>Weaver, Muriel Porter (1993). <i>The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors: Archaeology of Mesoamerica</i> (3rd ed.). San Diego: Academic Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-01-263999-0.</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Appletons%27_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_of_American_Biography/Tizoc">"Tizoc" </a>. <i><a href="/facts/Appletons%27_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_of_American_Biography/tsdwGDj9">Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography</a></i>. 1889.</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Tízoc, "El que hace sacrificio" (14811486)" [Tízoc, “He who makes sacrifices” (14811486)]. Archeologia Mexicana (in Spanish). 13 July 2016. Retrieved June 4, 2019. <a href="https://arqueologiamexicana.mx/mexico-antiguo/tizoc-el-que-hace-sacrificio-1481-1486" target="_blank">https://arqueologiamexicana.mx/mexico-antiguo/tizoc-el-que-hace-sacrificio-1481-1486</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Tuerenhout, Dirk R. Van (2005). The Aztecs: New Perspectives. ABC-CLIO. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-57607-921-8. <a href="978-1-57607-921-8" target="_blank">978-1-57607-921-8</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Aguilar-Moreno, Manuel (2007). Handbook to Life in the Aztec World. Oxford University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-19-533083-0. <a href="978-0-19-533083-0" target="_blank">978-0-19-533083-0</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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