RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Tlacaelel

1397 - 1487

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Tlacaelel I (1397 – 1487) (Classical Nahuatl: Tlācaēllel Nahuatl pronunciation: [t͡ɬaːkaˈeːlːel], "Man of Strong Emotions," from "tlācatl," person and "ēllelli," strong emotion) was the principal architect of the Aztec Triple Alliance and hence the Mexica (Aztec) empire. He was the son of Emperor Huitzilihuitl and Queen Cacamacihuatl, nephew of Emperor Itzcoatl, father of poet Macuilxochitzin, and brother of Emperors Chimalpopoca and Moctezuma I. During the reign of his uncle Itzcoatl, Tlacaelel was given the office of Tlacochcalcatl, but during the war against the Tepanecs in the late 1420s, he was promoted to first adviser to the ruler, a position called Cihuacoatl in Nahuatl, an office that Tlacaelel held during the reigns of four consecutive Tlatoque, until his death in 1487. Tlacaelel recast or strengthened the concept of the Aztecs as a chosen people, elevated the tribal god/hero Huitzilopochtli to top of the pantheon of gods, and increased militarism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tlacaelel has received more than 116,414 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Tlacaelel is the 1,615th most popular religious figure (down from 1,565th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 114th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Mexican Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Tlacaelel ranks 1,615 out of 3,187. Before him are Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich, Luigi Jacobini, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Michel Sabbah, Lawrence Justinian, and Alexander of Constantinople. After him are Telesphore Toppo, Emmeram of Regensburg, John Scholasticus, Angilbert, Friedrich Wetter, and Jānis Pujats.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1397, Tlacaelel ranks 11. Before him are Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Hacı I Giray, Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Jahan Shah, Chimalpopoca, and Baysunghur. After him are Alexander I Aldea, Louis, Duke of Guyenne, Nicolò Marcello, and Francesco Squarcione. Among people deceased in 1487, Tlacaelel ranks 7. Before him are Chenghua Emperor, Mara Branković, Nicholas of Flüe, Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus, and John Argyropoulos. After him are Yunus Khan, Hayder of Crimea, and John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Tlacaelel ranks 113 out of 729. Before him are Anastasio Bustamante (1780), Jorge Negrete (1910), Jacqueline Andere (1938), Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada (1823), Laura Esquivel (1950), and Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (1889). After him are Armando Manzanero (1935), Isabel Moctezuma (1509), Francisco Jara (1941), Emilio Portes Gil (1890), Nicolás Bravo (1786), and Fernando Colunga (1966).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Mexico

Among religious figures born in Mexico, Tlacaelel ranks 5. Before him are Julia Pastrana (1834), Juan Diego (1474), José Sánchez del Río (1913), and Marcial Maciel (1920). After him are Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (1933), Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1926), Bernard Francis Law (1931), Miguel Pro (1891), Javier Lozano Barragán (1933), Norberto Rivera Carrera (1942), and Francisco Robles Ortega (1949).

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