Editing Tizoc

{{Short description|Seventh Tlatoani of Tetonitlan}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name        = Tizoc
| succession      = ''[[Huey Tlatoani]]'' of the [[Aztec Empire]] <br> [[List of Tenochtitlan rulers|''Tlatoani'' of Tenochtitlan]]
| image       = Tizoc.jpg
| caption     = Tizoc in the [[Codex Telleriano-Remensis]]
| reign       = [[Aztec calendar|2 House – 7 Rabbit]]<br/>(1481–1486)
| predecessor = [[Axayacatl]]
| successor   = [[Ahuitzotl]]
| father      = [[Tezozomoc (son of Itzcoatl)|Tezozomoc]]
| mother      = [[Atotoztli II]]
| death_date  = 7 Rabbit ({{death-date|1486}})
|}}
'''Tizocic''' ({{IPA|nah|tiˈsosik|}}), or '''Tizocicatzin''' ({{IPA|nah|tisosiˈkat͡sin̥|-|Tisoktsin.ogg}}), usually known in English as '''Tizoc''', was the seventh [[tlatoani of Tenochtitlan|''tlatoani'' of Tenochtitlan]]. His name means, "He who makes sacrifices" or "He who does penance."<ref>{{cite web|title=Tízoc, "El que hace sacrificio" (14811486) |url=https://arqueologiamexicana.mx/mexico-antiguo/tizoc-el-que-hace-sacrificio-1481-1486|website=Archeologia Mexicana|date=13 July 2016 |language=es |access-date=June 4, 2019|trans-title=Tízoc, “He who makes sacrifices” (14811486)}}</ref> Either Tizoc or his successor [[Ahuitzotl]] was the first ''tlatoani'' of Tenochtitlan to assume the title ''Huey Tlatoani'' ("supreme ''tlatoani''") to make their superiority over the other cities in the Triple Alliance ([[Aztec Empire]]) clear.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Tuerenhout |first=Dirk R. Van |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EqfvgerVsuEC |title=The Aztecs: New Perspectives |date=2005 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-57607-921-8 |pages=43 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Aguilar-Moreno |first=Manuel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZseasJq3WzEC |title=Handbook to Life in the Aztec World |date=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-533083-0 |pages=82 |language=en}}</ref>

==Biography==

=== Family ===
Tizoc was a son of the princess [[Atotoztli II]] and her cousin, prince [[Tezozomoc (son of Itzcoatl)|Tezozomoc]]. He was a grandson of Emperors [[Moctezuma I]] and [[Itzcoatl]]. He was a descendant of the King [[Cuauhtototzin]].

He was successor of his brother [[Axayacatl]] and was succeeded by his other brother, [[Ahuitzotl]]; his sister was the Queen [[Chalchiuhnenetzin]], married to [[Moquihuix]], tlatoani of [[Tlatelolco (altepetl)|Tlatelōlco]]. He was an uncle of Emperors [[Cuauhtémoc]], [[Moctezuma II]] and [[Cuitláhuac]] and grandfather of [[Diego de San Francisco Tehuetzquititzin]].

=== Reign ===
Most sources agree that Tizoc took power in 1481 (the [[Aztec calendar|Aztec year]] "2 House"), succeeding his older brother. Although Tizoc's reign was relatively short, he began the rebuilding of the [[Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan]] (a task completed by his younger brother in 1487), and also put down a rebellion of the Matlatzincan peoples of the [[Toluca]] Valley.

According to the {{lang|la|[[Codex Mendoza]]}}, during Tizoc's reign the {{lang|nci|[[altepetl|āltepēmeh]]}} of [[Tonalimoquetzayan]], [[Toxico]], [[Ecatepec]], [[Cillán]], [[Tecaxic]], [[Tolocan]], [[Yancuitlan]], [[Tlappan]], [[Atezcahuacan]], [[Mazatlán]], [[Xochiyetla]], [[Tamapachco]], [[Ecatliquapechco]] and [[Miquetlan]] were conquered.

[[File:Aztecexpansion.png|thumb|none|500px|Map showing the expansion of the Aztec empire showing the areas conquered by the Aztec rulers. The conquests of Tizoc is marked by the colour orange.<ref>Based on the maps by Hassig (1988)</ref>]]

=== Death ===
Tizoc died in 1486, though it is still somewhat unclear how. Some sources suggest that he was [[poison]]ed, others that he fell to illness.

==In popular culture==
* The ''Obsidian and Blood'' series by [[Aliette de Bodard]] is set in the last year of the reign of [[Axayacatl]] and the first years of the reign of Tizoc, with their youngest brother [[Ahuitzotl]] appearing as a primary character. The second book, ''Harbinger of the Storm'' is primarily set during the election of Tizoc as tlatoani after the death of Axayacatl.

==See also==
{{Portal|Mexico|Biography}}
* [[List of Tenochtitlan rulers]]
* [[Stone of Tizoc]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{Cite book |last=Townsend |first=Richard F. |year=2000 |title=The Aztecs |edition=revised |publisher=Thames and Hudson |location=New York }}
* {{cite book |last=Hassig |first=Ross |year=1988 |title=Aztec Warfare: Imperial Expansion and Political Control |url=https://archive.org/details/aztecwarfareimpe0000hass |url-access=registration |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |location=Norman }}
* {{cite book |first=Muriel Porter |last=Weaver |year=1993 |title=The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors: Archaeology of Mesoamerica |edition=3rd |publisher=Academic Press |location=San Diego |isbn=0-01-263999-0 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Tizoc}}
* {{Cite Appletons' |wstitle=Tizoc |year=1889 |short=x |notaref=x }}

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