Hernando (de) Alvarado Tezozómoc was a colonial Nahua noble. He was a son of Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin (governor of Tenochtitlan) and Francisca de Moctezuma (a daughter of Moctezuma II).[1] Tezozómoc worked as an interpreter for the Real Audiencia. Today he is known for the Crónica Mexicayotl, a Nahuatl history.[2]
Ancestry
| Huehue Tezozomoctli | Chimalpilli I Ruler of Ecatepec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Axayacatl Ruler of Tenochtitlan | Matlaccoatzin Ruler of Ecatepec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tezozomoctli Acolnahuacatl | Tlacuilolxochtzin | Moctezuma II Ruler of Tenochtitlan | Tlapalizquixochtzin Ruler of Ecatepec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Don Diego de Alvarado Huanitzin Ruler of Ecatepec and Tenochtitlan | Doña Francisca de Moctezuma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Don Hernando de Alvarado Tezozomoc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Importance
Fernando de Alvarado Tezozómoc was also a very important chronicler, pertaining to a group of mestizo chroniclers with Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl, Diego Muñoz Camargo and Chimalpahin.
Notes
A keeper of “The Black ink”
A learned Nahua.A noble man, descendant of the ruling class. A member of the Calmecac.
References
Bibliography
- León-Portilla, Miguel (1992). The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico (Expanded and updated ed.). Boston, MA: Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807055014. OCLC 24542950.
- Romero Galván, José Rubén (2003). Los privilegios perdidos: Hernando Alvarado Tezozómoc, su tiempo, su nobleza, y su Crónica mexicana (in Spanish). Mexico City: UNAM. ISBN 970-32-0690-5. OCLC 54477363.
- Schroeder, Susan (27 July 2011). "The Truth about the Crónica Mexicayotl". Colonial Latin American Review. 20 (2): 233–247. doi:10.1080/10609164.2011.587268. ISSN 1060-9164. S2CID 162390334.