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Cachimaltzin.

Headword: 
Cachimaltzin.
Principal English Translation: 

the indigenous ruler of the Toluca (Tolocan, Tollocan) region in the time of Axayacatl and the Triple Alliance that was centered in Tenochtitlan; Cachimaltzin was not happy that the central Mexicans were taking Tolucan territory and distributing it among settlers from Tlatelolco, Azcapotzalco, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan (Tacuba); Cachimaltzin's successor was Mazacoyotzin (see attestations)
Pedro Carrasco, The Tenochca Empire of Ancient Mexico (2012), 258; and Pedro Carrasco, Estructura político-territorial del imperio tenochca (2016).

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

"...el dicho Axayacatl tiránicamente y con violencia usurpó algunos pedazos de tierra a Cachimaltzin Rey de Toluca y esto quiso el dicho Marqués del Valle venido que fue a esta tierra como capitán general y justicia mayor que fue de ella y lo restituyó al dicho Cachimaltzin dejándolo en su quieta y pacífica posesión...." (Toluca, 1603)
Rosaura Hernández Rodríguez, Toluca, 1603: vista de ojos (1997), 126.