Teotlalco
The basics
Quick facts
Gender:
Female
Family:
Father:
Matlaccohuatl
Children:
Isabel Moctezuma
The details
Biography
Introduction
Teotlalco (Nahuatl pronunciation: THEO-LAL-COH) was a Nahua princess of Ecatepec and Aztec empress—the Queen of Tenochtitlan.
Family
Teotlalco's husband, Moctezuma II
Teotlalco's father was King Matlaccohuatl. She married Emperor Moctezuma II of Tenochtitlan. The first contact between Indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica and Europeans took place during his reign, and he was killed. Teotlalco was Moctezuma's principal wife and mother of Doña Isabel Moctezuma, wife of the king Cuitláhuac. Her grandchild was Leonor Cortés Moctezuma.