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Montezuma II, ninth Aztec emperor of Mexico, famous for his dramatic confrontation with the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. Montezuma became Cortes’s prisoner in Tenochtitlan. The Spanish claimed Montezuma died at the hands of his own people; the Aztecs believed that the Spanish murdered him.
- Biography, Reign, & Facts
Ahuitzotl, eighth king of the Aztecs, under whose reign...
- Montezuma II
(1466–1520). Montezuma II was the ninth emperor of the Aztec...
- Biography, Reign, & Facts
- An Absolute Ruler
- A Life of Luxury
- The Beginning of The End
- Motecuhzoma in Art
Motecuhzoma was the son of the great leader Axayacatl (r. 1469-1481 CE) and was one of the best warriors under his uncle Ahuitzotl (r. 1486-1502 CE). In particular, he distinguished himself in the Aztec campaigns in Tehuantepec and Xoconochco. On the death of Ahuitzotl, Motecuhzoma assumed the highest position in Aztec society and he became, in a s...
Motecuhzoma certainly lived like a king. His huge palace at the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had hanging gardens, a ten-room aviary with fresh and salt-water pools, and even a private zoo with jaguars, eagles, pumas, foxes and snakes amongst hundreds of other exotic animals. The Aztec king was cared for by 3,000 attendants and, according to Bernal...
Even before the Spanish arrived, all was not quite well with the Aztecs for their empire was based not on military might but existed as a loose binding of subject states run by puppet rulers who extracted the tributes mentioned above and imposed the worship of the Aztec deity Huitzilopochtli. The Aztecs, though, perhaps over-reached themselves and ...
Motecuhzoma is represented in the Histories of the Indiesby Dominican Diego Durán where he is seated as a statue is carved of him. We know of one particular statue which 14 sculptors worked on at Chapultepec. The Aztec ruler also appears on the stone throne known as the Teocalli Stone where he appears with a sun-disk opposite Huitzilopochtli. Also ...
- Mark Cartwright
Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin ( c. 1466 – 29 June 1520; [moteːkʷˈs̻oːmaḁ ʃoːkoˈjoːt͡sin̥] modern Nahuatl pronunciation ⓘ ), [N.B. 1] referred to retroactively in European sources as Moctezuma II, [N.B. 2] was the ninth Emperor of the Aztec Empire (also known as the Mexica Empire ), [1] reigning from 1502 or 1503 to 1520.
10 de oct. de 2013 · Motecuhzoma era hijo del gran líder Axayácatl (que reinó de 1469 a 1481) y fue uno de los mejores guerreros de su tío Ahuitzotl (que reinó de 1486 a 1502). Se distinguió especialmente en las campañas aztecas de Tehuantepec y Xoconochco.
- Mark Cartwright
What do we really know about Moctezuma II (also called Montezuma), the Aztec emperor who met Hernan Cortes and saw the start of an incredible clash of civilizations? For centuries scholars have puzzled over the man - what he thought, what drove him, why he made the decisions he did.
8 de dic. de 2021 · Moctezuma II was one of the final rulers of the Aztec empire and its capital city Tenochtitlan. He ruled prior to its destruction around 1521 AD at the hands of the Conquistadors, their Indigenous allies, and the effect of disease spread by the European invaders.
Montezuma II, the ninth ruler of the Aztec Empire, presided over an era of profound cultural development and terrifying change. Born into a civilization known for its intricate social, political, and religious structure, Montezuma II ascended to the throne in 1502, steering the Aztec Empire into its final tumultuous years before the Spanish ...
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