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The title of ''tlatoani'' has often been translated as 'Aztec emperor'. The succession of ''tlatoque'' was not passed on by direct inheritence. The ''tlatoani'' was elected by a consensus of the Aztec élite. The ''tlatoani'' was the head of government and the army, and also the high priest of the Mexica. Ténoch , the legendary founder of Tenochtitlan, was the first ''tlatoani'' of the city. He was followed by eleven ''tlatoque'' in succession, under whom Mexica became a powerful Mesoamerica n state, only to be eventually overcome by internal dissension and the '' Conquistadores '' of New Spain . List of ''tlatoque'' of Tenochtitlan Puppets under Spanish rule |