Huexotzinco

Huexotzinco was a Nahua altepetl on the slopes of Iztaccihuatl northwest of Puebla. Its rulers traced descent to the Acolhua dynasty of Coatlinchan and honoured the Chichimeca war god Camaxtli.

In the fifteenth century Huexotzinco came under Aztec domination, but in 1520 it joined Hernan Cortes and Tlaxcala against the Aztecs. Under Spanish rule it became an encomienda; a Franciscan monastery founded from 1525 became the centre of the rebuilt settlement, whose Nahuatl-speaking community later recorded tribute burdens in codices.