Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Tizoc

TIZOC, Mexican king, d. in 1482. He succeeded his brother Axayacatl on the throne in 1477, having been general of his predecessor's armies. According to the historical paintings of his time, he conquered during his brief reign fourteen cities, some in the valley of Toluca, and assisted King Netzahualpitl, of Texcoco, to subdue the revolution of his brothers allied with the republic of Huexotzingo. Tizoc began the magnificent temple in honor of Huitzilopochtli, the god of war, but before its conclusion was poisoned by instigation of Techotlalla, cacique of Ixtapalapan, who was afterward executed in the public square of Mexico in presence of the allied kings.