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  2. Moctezuma II - Wikipedia

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    Moctezuma Xocoyotzin [N.B. 1] (c. 1466 – 29 June 1520), retroactively referred to 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.

  3. Moctezuma I - Wikipedia

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    Moctezuma I (c. 1398 –1469), also known as Montezuma I, Moteuczomatzin Ilhuicamina (Classical Nahuatl: Motēuczōmah Ilhuicamīna [motɛːkʷˈs̻oːmaḁ ilwikaˈmiːna]) or Huehuemoteuczoma (Huēhuemotēuczōmah [weːwemotɛːkʷˈs̻oːmaḁ]), was the second Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan.

  4. List of tlatoque of Tenochtitlan - Wikipedia

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    Moctezuma II Motēuczōma Xōcoyōtl: 1502–1520 [14] (18 years) Son of Axayacatl (1472–1481). Oversaw a period of centralization and strengthening of the Aztec Empire. Disciplined and highly successful ruler before he made contact with the Spaniards in 1519, whereafter the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire began. [14] [15] c. 1466–1520 ...

  5. Aztec Empire - Wikipedia

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    Moctezuma II spent most of his reign consolidating power in lands conquered by his predecessors. [40] In 1515, Aztec armies commanded by the Tlaxcalan general Tlahuicole invaded the Purépecha Empire once again. [42] The Aztec army failed to take any territory and was mostly restricted to raiding. The Purépecha defeated them and the army withdrew.

  6. Family tree of Aztec monarchs - Wikipedia

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    Family tree of Aztec monarchs. ... The following is a family tree of the Mexica Emperors from 1376 to 1525. ... Isabel Moctezuma 1509–1551: Chimalpopoca 1480-?

  7. How Aztec Mexico was lost in translation: a wild novel ... - AOL

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    The meeting of Hernán Cortés and Emperor Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, or Moctezuma — never Montezuma with an "n" — was akin to the meeting of two alien species. The Spaniards, as the victors of ...

  8. Moctezuma's headdress - Wikipedia

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    Tradition holds that it belonged to Moctezuma II, the Aztec emperor at the time of the Spanish conquest. [1] The provenance of the headdresses remains uncertain, [2] and even its identity as a headdress has been questioned. [3] It is made of quetzal and other feathers with sewn-on gold detailing.

  9. Cuauhtémoc - Wikipedia

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    Cuauhtemoc's date of birth is unknown, as he does not enter the historical record until he became emperor. [2] He was the eldest legitimate son of Emperor Ahuitzotl [3] and may well have attended the last New Fire ceremony, marking the beginning of a new 52-year cycle in the Aztec calendar. [4]