Nezahualpilli (Nahuatl for fasting prince; 1464–1515) was ruler (tlatoani) of the Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco elected by the city’s nobility after the death of his father Nezahualcoyotl in 1472.Like his father he was a poet was considered a sage and had the reputation of being a fair ruler. Only one of his poems survives: Icuic Nezahualpilli yc tlamato huexotzinco (Song of Nezahualpilli during the war with Huexotzinco).
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