Matlalatzin was a Queen of Tenochtitlan as a wife of the king Chimalpopoca, and was a princess by birth.[1] She was a daughter of Quaquapitzahuac, king of Tlatelolco,[2] and sister of the king Tlacateotl and queen Huacaltzintli.[3] She bore seven children.[4]

Matlalatzin
Queen of Tenochtitlan
SpouseChimalpopoca
Issue7
FatherQuaquapitzahuac
MotherAcxocueitl

She and her husband were cousins.

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  1. Diario de México
  2. Anales de Tlatelolco
  3. Historia de la Nación Chichimeca
  4. Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875). The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America: Primitive history. History Company. p. 366.