in the Valley of Mexico during the Postclassic Period. The title of huēyi tlahtoāni [es] ([ˈweːjiˀ t͡ɬaʔtoˈaːniˀ], "great ruler, emperor") was used by...

autocrat", used by the Greek Byzantine Emperors from the 9th century onwards. Huēyi Tlahtloāni, the Classical Nahuatl term for the ruler of multiple āltepētl...

Moctezuma II Late 17th-century portrait attributed to Antonio Rodríguez Hueyi Tlatoani of the Aztec Empire Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan Reign 1502/1503–1520...

title may perhaps suggest a metaphoric dichotomy between the "masculine" Tlahtoāni dealing with external imperial affairs and the "feminine" Cihuācōātl managing...