List of Tenochtitlan rulers

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This is a list of the 19 tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, often referred to as "Aztec emperors".

[edit] Pre-Hispanic

Tlatoani	Birth	Death
Acamapichtli 1376 – 1395	Tizaapan son of Opochtli Iztahuatzin and Atotoztli I of Culhuacan	1395
Huitzilihuitl Five Snake (22 January) 3 Reed (1396) – 1 Reed (1417)	son of Acamapichtli and Tezcatlan Miyahuatzin	1 Reed (1417)
Chimalpopoca 3 Serpent (21 July) 1 Reed (1417) – 12 Rabbit (1427)	son of Huitzilihuitl and Ayauhcihuatl	12 Rabbit (1427)
Itzcoatl 13 Water (22 June) 13 Reed (1427) – 13 Flint (1440)	son of Acamapichtli and a commoner from Azcapotzalco	13 Flint (1440)
Moctezuma I 3 Serpent (22 May) 13 Flint (1440) – 3 house (1469)	son of Huitzilihuitl and Miahuaxihuitl of Quauhnahuac	3 House (1469)
Axayacatl 2 Rain (2 August) 3 House (1469) – 2 House (1481)	son of Tezozomoctli and Atotoztli	2 House (1481)
Tizoc 6 Vulture (2 June) 2 House (1481) – 7 Rabbit (1486)	son of Tezozomoctli and Atotoztli	7 Rabbit (1486)
Ahuitzotl 10 Rabbit (15 April) 7 Rabbit (1486) – 10 Rabbit (1502)	son of Tezozomoctli and Atotoztli	10 Rabbit (1502)
Moctezuma II 9 Deer (14 April) 10 Rabbit (1502) – 2 Flint (1520)	son of Axayacatl	2 Flint (1520)
Cuitlahuac 5/8 Wind (16 September) 2 Flint (1520)	son of Axayacatl and a noblewoman of Itztapalapan	2 Flint (3 December) 2 Flint (1520)
Cuauhtemoc Izcalli/February 3 House (1521) – 7 House (1525)	son of Ahuitzotl	7 House (27 February 1525) Acalan

Tlatoani	Birth	Death	Notes
Juan Velázquez Tlacotzin 7 House (1525)	grandson of Tlacaelel II, 2G-grandson of Tlacaelel	7 House (1525) Nochiztlan	Installed by Hernán Cortés in Huey Mollan. Died before returning to Tenochtitlan.
Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuh 7 House (1525) – 12 Rabbit (1530)		12 Rabbit (1530) Aztatlan	Installed in Huey Mollan. A quauhtlatoani ("interim ruler").
Pablo Xochiquentzin 1 Flint (1532) – 5 Flint (1536)		5 Flint (1536)	A quauhtlatoani ("interim ruler").
Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin 7 Rabbit (1539) – 10 House (1541)	son of Tezozomoctli Aculnahuacatl, grandson of Axayacatl	10 House (1541)
Diego de San Francisco Tehuetzquititzin 10 House (1541) – 10 Rabbit (1554)	son of Tezcatl Popocatzin, grandson of Tizoc	10 Rabbit (1554)
Esteban de Guzmán 10 Rabbit (1554) – 13 House (1557)	Xochimilco		Not a tlatoani, but a judge (juez).
Cristóbal de Guzmán Cecetzin 13 House (1557) – 5 Rabbit (1562)	son of Diego Huanitzin	5 Rabbit (1562)	Installed by Esteban de Guzmán.
Luis de Santa María Nanacacipactzin 6 Reed (1563) – 8 House (1565)		8 House (1565)