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diego de alvarado huanitzin

don diego de alvarado huanitzin -lrb- or panitzin -rrb- was a 16th-century nahua noble .
a grandson of axayacatl , nephew of tlatoani moctezuma ii .
he was initially the `` tlatoani '' -lrb- ruler -rrb- of ecatepec before becoming `` tlatoani '' of tenochtitlan , as well as its first governor under the colonial spanish system of government .
he had been designated governor -lrb- tlatoani -rrb- of ecatépec by moctezuma , in the year 2 técpatl after the death of chimalpilli the former tlatoani .
moctezuma was already prisoner of cortés in tenochtitlan , the people of ecatepec accepted him as their ruler and hid him along with his mother .
after the fall of tenochtitlan , he was one of the five aztec lords held captive by cortés along with cuauhtemoc , the cihuacohuatl tlacotzin , oquiztzin , and motelchiuhtzin .
along them he was also tortured , with his feet burned , because of the gold lost by the spaniards when they had to flee tenochtitlan .
huanitzin was baptized with the spanish christian name `` diego '' , and took the surname `` de alvarado '' from his baptismal sponsor -- probably pedro de alvarado or one of his brothers , whose uncle with whom they came to america was named diego de alvarado .
cortés took huanitzin along with many other indigenous rulers in his travel to honduras .
he was spared from execution when cuauhtemoc was hanged by cortés along with tetlepanquetzatzin , tlatoani of tlacopan and don pedro cohuanacochtzin .
after the return of cortés , huanitzin was released and returned as tlatoani of ecatepec , where he ruled 14 years .
as grandson of a former tlatoani , in the year 7 tochtli -lrb- 1538 -rrb- , he was chosen as the first governor of tenochtitlan -lrb- mexico -rrb- , by the don antonio de mendoza , first viceroy of méxico .
tenochtitlan had been without official ruler for almost a year .
don diego de alvarado huanitzin died in 1541 .
among his children were doña juan de alvarado , who married huehue totoquihuaztli , ruler of tlacopan ; don cristóbal de guzmán cecetzin , who later became governor of tenochtitlan ; don hernando de alvarado tezozomoc , an interpreter known today for the `` crónica mexicayotl '' ; and doña isabel , who married antonio valeriano , who would also become governor of tenochtitlan .
