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Axayacatl ( b. ca. 1449; d. 1481), Aztec emperor from 1468/69–1481. The sixth Mexica Tlatoani (a "speaker" or ruler), Axayacatl (Watery Visage) was the grandson of two previous rulers: Motecuhzoma I on his mother's side, and Itzcoatl on his father's side.

Axayacatl (pron. {ah-sha-ya-ka'-tl} - the name means "Water-mask" or "Water-face") was a ruler (tlatoani) of the Postclassic Mesoamerican Aztec Empire and city of Tenochtitlán, who reigned from 1469 to 1481. He is chiefly remembered for subjugating Tlatelolco, Tenochtitlán's sister city, in 1473.

The sixth king of the Aztecs, named Axayacatl (pronounce: ah-shah-YAH-cahtl), who ruled the Aztec Empire from 1469 to 1481, is primarily remembered for subjugating Tenochtitlan’s sister-city, Tlatelolco in 1473. In Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, the noun axayacatl (also appearing as axaxayacatl) literally means “Water-Face” (Pic 1).

Axayacatl [ɑʃɑˈjɑkɑt͡ɬ] and its plural, āxaxayacatl [ɑːʃɑʃɑˈjɑkɑt͡ɬ] (the plural form is not commonly used in daily Nahuatl) are the two common names of pre-Hispanic origin used in Mexico to refer to species of aquatic insects in the family Corixidae, the eggs of which, ahuauhtli ( [aˈwawt͡ɬi]) (in Spanish ahuautle ...

Juan Hernandez drags a styrofoam raft with with pine needles loaded with ahuautle, the eggs of the axayacatl, a type of water bug, in Lake Texcoco near Mexico City.

Axayacatl – the sixth ruler of Tenochtitlan - His name was Axayacatl, which meant Water Face – a(tl)=water, xayacatl=face – but also depicts certain water incest that was abound in Lake Texcoco and still a part of the native cuisine in Mexico today (or rather its eggs are). The sixth tlatoani of Tenochtitlan....

Sexto emperador azteca (1469-1479). Sucesor de Moctezuma I, Axayácatl amplió sus dominios con la conquista de Oaxaca, Tehuantepec y Tlatelolco. Durante su reinado se construyó el templo de Coahuatlán. Fue derrotado por los tarascos. Hijo y sucesor de Moctezuma I, Axayácatl logró apoderarse de Tlatelolco, ciudad de la gran laguna de ...

Axayácatl: biografía. Axayácatl (1449-1481) fue un Huey Tlatoani mexica, uno de los grandes gobernantes al frente del Valle de México y soberano de Tenochtitlán. Sucedió en la línea de mando a Moctezuma Ilhuicamina, su abuelo materno, convirtiéndose en el sexto emperador azteca y el más joven en alcanzar esta posición de alto rango.