Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl (ca. 1568 – 1648) was a Mexican historian. He was a lineal descendant of Ixtlilxochitl I and Ixtlilxochitl II, tlatoque (rulers) of Texcoco. He was commissioned by the Spanish Viceroy of New Spain to write histories of the Indigenous peoples of Mexico. The Codex Ixtlilxochitl is attributed to him.

External links

• Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl at the Catholic Encyclopedia
  
  

Aztec people | Mexican historians | 1568 births | 1648 deaths | 1568 in Mexico | 1648 in Mexico