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 maxixcatl
maxixcatl

maxixcatl was the tlatoani -lrb- ruler -rrb- of the nahua altepetl -lrb- city-state -rrb- of ocotelolco at the time of the spanish conquest of mexico .
ocotelolco was one of the four towns that formed the state of tlaxcallan .
mase ecasi gave his daughter , baptized as dona luisa , to juan velazquez de leon , both of whom were kllled on la noche triste .
maxixcatzin was instrumental in forming the alliance between tlaxcallan and the spanish force of hernán cortés against the aztecs .
maxixcatl died in the smallpox epidemic which decimated the indigenous population of central mexico in 1520 .
he was succeeded by his 13-year-old son lorenzo maxixcatl .
