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Tecuhtlecozauhqui.

Headword: 
Tecuhtlecozauhqui.
Principal English Translation: 

this "tepiltzin," who functioned as a toatoani, ruled Quauhtinchan when it was conquered by the Tlatelolca in 10 Rabbit, led by Quauhtlatoa; the daughter of the ruler of Quauhtinchan, Tepexochillama, was taken prisoner during this conquest and became the wife of Quauhtlatoa; their son, Quauhtomicicuil, became a tlatoani of Tlatelolco; the wife of Tecuhtlecozauhqui was Tezcatomiyauh, and she was from Quauhquechollan; he was said to have governed 224 years (Quauhtinchan, s. XVI)
Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 218.

Orthographic Variants: 
Teuhctlecozauhqui, Teuctlecozauhqui
themes: 
Imperialism (Indigenous)
Names (for people, deities)
Politics, Power, Governance