(a loanword from Spanish)
an elite indigenous family name, partly taken from the Spanish expedition leader Hernando Cortés; e.g. don Antonio Cortés Totoquihuaztli the younger, who ruled in Tlacopan (Tacuba); he was a member of the ruling dynasty there; he died in 1614, possibly of matlaltotonqui; he left behind two small daughters
(central Mexico, 1614)
He married doña Juana de Alvarado.
Don Antonio Cortés Totoquihuaztli of Tlacopan apparently wrote to Charles V in 1552 to request (and received) a coat of arms for his family and one for his town.
Don Antonio cortes totoquihuaztli telpochtli Gouernador catca tlacopa (...) ca ҫan miec netequipacholli oquimopialiaya yehuatl ynic omomiquilli quiteylhuiyaya yn imacehualhuan tepaneca tlacopaneca = don Antonio Cortés Totoquihuaztli the younger, who was governor in Tacuba (...) had many worries, and that was what he died of; his vassals the Tepaneca of Tacuba had been making complaints about him (central Mexico, 1614)