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Moctezuma II Biography. Tlahtoāni of the Aztec Empire until 15201892 illustration of Moctezuma II. Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (c. 1466 – 29 June 1520; modern Nahuatl pronunciationⓘ), variant spellings include Moctezuma, Motewksomah, Motecuhzomatzin, Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecuhzoma, Motēuczōmah, Muteczuma, and referred to retroactively in ...
Sep 3, 2021 · Moctezuma II became the ninth tlatoani and ruler of Tenochtitlan in 1502. He ruled over the Aztec Empire until 1520 with the arrival of Spanish conquistadors under the leadership of Hernan Cortés . When he came to power he continued the campaigns of conquest and expanded the Aztec Empire even further than it had already in the previous decades.
Motecuhzoma II, erfgenaam van Ahuitzotl, was de heerser van de stad Tenochtitlan. Tijdens zijn bewind deed hij zijn macht toenemen om de zustersteden Texcoco en Tlatelolco volkomen te domineren. Moctezuma wordt gevangengenomen door Cortés. Kopergravure, Jan Karel van Beecq.
Moctezuma II, también conocido como Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, fue el noveno tlatoani (gobernante) del imperio mexica (azteca). Nació en el año 1466 en Tenochtitlán, la capital del imperio, y ascendió al trono en el año 1502, sucediendo a su tío Ahuitzotl. Desde joven, Moctezuma II se destacó por su inteligencia y habilidades militares.
Moctezuma II. Moctezuma II eller Montezuma II ( 1466 - 1520; aztekisk kejser fra omkring 1502 til 1520) var Auitzotl s arving og aztekisk regent over byen Tenochtitlan, som forøgede Tenochtitlans magt til total dominans af dens søsterbyer Texcoco og Tlatelolco. Han er især kendt, fordi han var ved magten, da spanierne erobrede Mexico.
Moctezuma's headdress. Late 17th-century portrayal of Moctezuma II, wearing a xiuhhuitzolli, which was the royal crown used by Mexica emperors. [1] Moctezuma's headdress is a featherwork headdress or military device ( Nahuatl languages: quetzalāpanecayōtl [ketsalaːpaneˈkajoːtɬ]) which tradition holds belonged to Moctezuma II, the Aztec ...
Oct 26, 2022 · Remains of substantially defaced pre-Columbian sculpture of Moctezuma II at Chapultepec Hill, Mexico City, 1976. Credit: Infrogmation – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0. We can assume Montezuma was nervous about the invaders the moment they landed, since he sent them gifts of gold and silver – the traditional way of resolving disputes in Aztec society.
