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Nezahualpilli. Nezahualpilli, termine nahuatl per "principe digiuno" ( 1464 – 1515 ), fu il re ( tlatoani) dell' altepetl mesoamericano di Texcoco, eletto dalla nobiltà cittadina dopo la morte del padre, Acolmiztli Nezahualcóyotl, avvenuta nel 1472.
Nezahualpilli. Nezahualpilli (en náhuatl, nesawalli ‘ayunado’ y -pilli ‘noble’: noble que ayuna; 1 a veces escrito erróneamente como Netzahualpilli) 2 3 (1464-1515) fue tlatoani del altépetl de Tetzcoco al suceder a Nezahualcóyotl en 1473.
Nezahualpilli ( Nahuatl for " fasting prince"; 1464–1515, modern Nahuatl pronunciation ⓘ) was king ( tlatoani) of the Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco, elected by the city's nobility after the death of his father, Nezahualcoyotl, in 1472.
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The Nahuatl name Nezahualcoyotl is commonly translated as “hungry coyote” or “fasting coyote.” However, more accurately, it means "coyote with a fasting collar," from nezahualli, a collar made out of bands of paper twisted together. It was worn by those fasting to show others that they shouldn't be offered food.
Born Acolmiztli, he was the son of Ixtlilxochitl I and Matlalcihuatzin, the daughter of Huitzilihuitl. Though born heir to a throne, his youth was not marked by princely luxury. His father had set Texcoco against the powerful city of Azcapotzalco, ruled by the Tepanec. In 1418, when the young prince was fifteen, his father was assassinated. The Tep...
As the tlatoani Itzcoatl of Tenochtitlan requested help from the Huexotzincans against the Tepanecs, Nezahualcoyotl envisioned a single military force in order to fight the mighty kingdom of Azcapotzalco. After being offered support from insurgents inside Acolhuacan and rebel Tepanecs from Coyohuacan, Nezahualcoyotl joined the war. He called for a ...
According to Motolinia, Nezahualcoyotl practiced his strict laws judiciously and imposed them on all his subjects. He purportedly killed four of his sons for their sexual relationships with his concubines. Cities conquered by the Aztec Empire paid tribute that was distributed among three kings. Fourteen cities in the region of Acolhuacan were under...
Revered as a sage and poet-king, Nezahualcoyotl gathered a group of followers called the tlamatini, generally translated as "wise men." These men were scholars, artists, musicians and sculptors who pursued their art in the court of Texcoco. Nezahualcoyotl is credited with cultivating what came to be known as Texcoco's Golden Age, which brought the ...
The date of Nezahualcoyotl's death is recorded as being June 4, 1472. He was survived by many concubines and an estimated 110 children. He was succeeded by his son Nezahualpilli as tlatoani of Texcoco. His great-grandson Juan Bautista Pomar is credited with the compilation of a collection of Nahuatl poems, Romances de los señores de Nueva España, a...
One of Nezahualcoyotl's historical legacies is as a poet, with a number of works in Classical Nahuatl written in the 16th and 17th centuries ascribed to him. These attributions are testament to the long lifespan of oral tradition, since Nezahualcoyotl died almost 50 years before the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, and the poems were written d...
Prescott, William; The History of the Conquest of Mexico, Book 1, Chapter 6.Lee, Jongsoo; "A reinterpretation of Nahuatl poetics: Rejecting the image of Nezahualcoyotl as a peaceful poet" in Colonial Latin American Review, December 2003, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p 233-249.Curl, John; Ancient American PoetsThe Flower Songs of Nezahualcoyotl, Bilingual Press, 2005, ISBN 1-931010-21-8Flower Songs of Nezahualcoyotl YouTube"Netzahualcoyotl" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.Nezahualpilli, termine nahuatl per "principe digiuno", fu il re (tlatoani) dell'altepetl mesoamericano di Texcoco, eletto dalla nobiltà cittadina dopo la morte del padre, Acolmiztli Nezahualcóyotl, avvenuta nel 1472.
Nezahualpilli. | Nahuatl Dictionary. Principal English Translation: a deity name; also, a personal name; the name of a ruler of Tetzcoco who took power after his father, Nezahualcoyotl passed away in 1472 (see Karttunen and attestations) Orthographic Variants: Neçahualpilli, Nezahualpilli, Neçahualpiltzintli, Neçaoalpilli, Neçaualpilli.
Nezahualpilli (b. 1465; d. 1515), ruler of Texcoco, Mexico (1472–1515). Nezahualpilli ("Fasting Child" or "Fasting Noble") succeeded Nezahualcoyotl as ruler of Texcoco, one of three polities heading the Aztec Empire, which was dominated by the Mexica of Tenochtitlán.
