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Hueyi Tlatoani (Nahuatl "great speaker", also spelt Uei Tlatoani or Huey Tlahtoani; plural Hueyi Tlatoque) was the Nahuatl title used for the emperor of the Mexica (Aztec). They were rulers of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, and as such became the heads of the Triple Alliance of Tenochtitlān, Texcoco, and Tlacopan.

The title of tlatoani has often been translated as 'Aztec emperor'. The succession of tlatoque was not passed on by direct inheritance. 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.

As appearing in the colonial document Anales de Tlatelolco.

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