Hiquingaje I was the second Irecha of the Irechecua in Mexico, ruling from Patzcuaro.
His last son, Hiquingaje II, was purportedly struck by lightning.
When Hiquingaje I died, his aforementioned second cousin Hiripan became Irecha, per the unique succession rules Tariacuri had put in place, where the three capitals of Patzcuaro, Ihuatzio and Tzintzuntzan would cycle rulership of the whole empire.
[2] Patzcuaro was absorbed into the realm of Ihuatzio as a result of this.
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