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Acolhua.

Headword: 
Acolhua.
Principal English Translation: 

a tlatoani (or tlahtoani, with the glottal stop) of Azcapotzalco, and a son-in-law of Xolotl (founder of the altepetl); Acolhua was sometimes confused with Acolhuanahuacatl in the colonial period; the son of Acolhua may have been the Tezozomoc of Azcapotzalco
María Castañeda de la Paz, Conflictos y alianzas en tiempos de cambio: Azcapotzalco, Tlacopan, Tenochtitlan y Tlatelolco (siglos XII al XVI), (México: Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, UNAM, 2013), 211, 40–48.