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1892 illustration of Moctezuma II. 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.
Cuitláhuac was the eleventh son of the ruler Axayacatl and a younger brother of Moctezuma II, the late Emperor of Tenochtitlan, who died during the Spanish occupation of the city. [4] His mother's father, also called Cuitlahuac , had been ruler of Iztapalapa , [ 5 ] and the younger Cuitláhuac also ruled there initially. [ 6 ]
Cortés' expedition arrived at Tenochtitlan on November 8, 1519, taking up residence in a specially designated compound in the city. Soon thereafter, suspecting treachery on the part of their hosts, the Spaniards took Moctezuma II, the Aztec king or Tlatoani, hostage. Though Moctezuma followed Cortés' instructions in continually assuring his ...
Duke of Moctezuma (Spanish: Duque de Moctezuma) is a hereditary title of Spanish nobility held by a line of descendants of Emperor Moctezuma II, the ninth Tlatoani, or ruler, of Tenochtitlan. Since 1766, the title has been associated with a Grandeza de España , or a place in the Spanish peerage — the highest honor accorded to Spanish ...
Casas Nuevas de Moctezuma (English: New Houses of Moctezuma) or tecpan [2] is the name of a pre-hispanic residential complex composed of five interconnected palaces with large platforms. [1] The complex served as the royal palace and chambers of Tenochtitlan 's ninth emperor Moctezuma II , [ 1 ] who was the Aztec leader during the arrival of ...
Juan Velázquez Tlacotzin was an Aztec leader in Tenochtitlan, during the final decades of the Aztec Empire. He then was the first post- Spanish conquest indigenous ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1525 to 1526.
The Casa Denegrida de Moctezuma (The Black House of Moctezuma) was part of the royal palace and chambers of Tenochtitlan's ninth tlatoani Moctezuma II. The Black House, or more accurately the black room, was a windowless room fully painted in black where Moctezuma would meditate. [1] [2] The floor was made of large irregular black basalt slabs ...
Moctezuma II, husband of Tlapalizquixochtzin. She was born as a Princess – daughter of Matlaccoatzin and thus a granddaughter of the King Chimalpilli I and sister of Princess Tlacuilolxochtzin. [2] Tlapalizquixochtzin married Aztec emperor Moctezuma II (c. 1466 – June 1520). Their daughter was Doña Francisca de Moctezuma. [2]