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Nezahualcoyotl

Also Known As Nezahualcoyotl Acolmiztli · Yoyontzin (poetic nickname)
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Nezahualcoyotl (1402-1472) was the tlatoani, or ruler, of the city-state of Texcoco, one of the three members of the Aztec Triple Alliance alongside Tenochtitlan and Tlacopan. Beyond his political and military role, he is remembered as a noted poet and philosopher, with a body of verse traditionally attributed to him surviving in later transcriptions and celebrated as some of the finest surviving Nahuatl poetry. He is also credited with significant engineering achievements, including the construction of a dike across Lake Texcoco to control flooding and separate fresh from brackish water, along with aqueducts supplying Texcoco with fresh water, and with codifying a body of law for his city-state. He remains one of the most celebrated intellectual and cultural figures of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

Facts
Birth Year
1402 1
Death Year
1472 1
Role
Tlatoani, or king, of the Acolhua city state of Texcoco from 1431 to 1472; also a philosopher, architect, legislator and poet, and a co-founder of the Aztec Triple Alliance. 1
Birth Date
1402-04-28 1
Role
Role (category)
Monarch / Royalty 1
Role (category)
Writer / Scholar 1
Role (category)
Philosopher 1
Classification
Gender
Male 1
Connections

In Era

The Post-Classical and Medieval Period, Eras
Source Wikipedia: Nezahualcoyotl
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Originated In

Texcoco

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Nezahualcoyotl
Wikipedia
  • lead section
    In his lifetime, he was also known by his poetic nickname Yoyontzin.
  • Nezahualcoyotl: Gender
    Beyond his political and military role, he is remembered as a noted poet and philosopher, with a body of verse traditionally attributed to him surviving in later transcriptions and celebrated as some of the finest surviving Nahuatl poetry.
  • In Era: The Post-Classical and Medieval Period, lead paragraph, lifespan
    Nezahualcoyotl Acolmiztli (Classical Nahuatl: Nezahualcoyōtl [nesawalˈkojoːtɬ], ), "Fasting Coyote" (April 28, 1402 - 1472) was tlatoani (king) of the Acolhua altepetl (city-state) of Texcoco from 1431 to his death in 1472, in pre-Columbian Mexico.
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