Nezahualcoyotl

Acolmitzli Nezahualcóyotl ( born April 28, 1402 Texcoco, † June 4, 1472 ) was a ruler, philosopher and poet in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

Life

He ruled the Acolhua, a Chichimekenvolk which is counted as the Aztecs for loose group of Nahua peoples. Nezahualcóyotl was the son of Ixtlilxochitl (father ), and Matlalcihuatzin (mother ), both were killed in 1418 during a robbery of Tepanecs. After this raid Nezahualcóyotl had to flee to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, whose rulers were related with his family. There he enjoyed in the following years, an extensive training, but has had to pass before adjustments by the Tepanecs hide. Only in 1431 he succeeded to defeat in a military alliance with the Aztecs Tepanecs and to be consecrated in his hometown of Texcoco ruler. From these years of waiting, its name, the " Hungry Coyote " means in the Nahuatl language originates.

In the following years he led Texcoco and its people to a heyday in culture, science, architecture, religion and agriculture. He himself was the architecture, poetry and philosophy attached. Among other things, he built an aqueduct to supply the leading in the salt water Lake Texcoco located city of Tenochtitlan with fresh water. Its the remains of which can be seen in Texcoco today palace, had a sophisticated water supply system. Some of his poems were transmitted orally and are preserved in the Codex Ixtlilxochitl and another written by Christian monks codices from the 16th century.

It is believed that Nezahualcóyotl with a variety of women fathered over 100 children. His son Nezahualpilli (1464-1515) succeeded him after his death in 1472 to the throne.