Irecha (title)

Irecha was the title held by the ruler of the Purépecha Empire,[1][2] which existed from the 14th to the 16th centuries in the area of the modern mexican states of Michoacán, Guerrero, Jalisco, Guanajuato, and the State of Mexico.[3]

Irecha of the Purépecha Empire
Details
First monarchTarhiakurhi
Last monarchTanhaxwani II
Formationc. 1350s
Abolition1530
ResidenceP'atskwarhu (c. 1350s-c. 1420s)

Jiwatsï (c. 1420s-c. 1435)

Ts'intsuntsani (c. 1435 onwards)
AppointerCouncil of Nobles

The Wakusïcha

Pawakume,[4] T'ikatame, and Karapu[5] are all recognized as irecha in a few sources, though they precede the formation of the Irechikwa by about three centuries. However, the three are credited as ancestral forebearers of it; whether they actually held the title or if this is a posthumous addition by indigenous authors remains unknown. Regardless, later members of the Wakusïcha line are not recognized in this manner until Tarhiakurhi.

Irecha
of the Iréchikwa
Tariácuri (c. 1350–c. 1390)
Hiquingaje (c. 1390–c. 1420?)
Hiripan (c. 1420?–c. 1435)
Tangáxuan I (1435–1454)
Tzitzipandáquare (1454–1479)
Zuangua (1479–1520)
Tangáxuan II (1520–1530)
Colonial rulers
of Michoacan
Corregidor
Pedro de Arellano (1530–1543)
Governors
Francisco Taríacuri (1543–1545)
Antonio Huitziméngari (1545–1562)

References
  1. Montes de Oca, Pedro (1579). Acuña, René (ed.). Relación de Tiripitio. Relaciones geograficas del siglo XVI: Michoacán (in Spanish) (2nd ed.) (published 2017).
  2. Lienzo de Nahuatzen, c. 1600
  3. "Cazonci". Relación de Michoacán (in Spanish). El Colegio de Michoacán. 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  4. "Detalle", Lienzo de Pátzcuaro/Carapan II
  5. Roskamp, Hans (Spring 2000). Uacús Thicátame y la fundación de Carapan: nuevo documento en lengua P'urhépecha (PDF). Relaciones. Vol. 21.
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