Macuilxochitzin (born c. 1435), also referred to in some texts as Macuilxochitl,[1] was a poet (cuicanitl[2]) during the peak years of the Aztec civilization.
[6] The poet was born about 1435 to a prominent family of Aztec nobility through her father Tlacaélael,[7] who was a famous politician and served as adviser to the Tlatoanis.
[citation needed] However, other scholars argue that her name could be derived from the name of a goddess of the arts, songs and dance, once she was already a recognized poet.
[5] The majority of her poetic work focused on the battles and confrontations that her father waged during the expansion of the Aztec empire across Mesoamerica.
This campaign, which was planned by her father,[11] happened during the conquest of Axayácatl where the indigenous groups, the Matlatzincas and Otomies, had settled in the Toluca Valley in 1476.