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Moctezuma I (c. 1398 –1469), also known as Moteuczomatzin Ilhuicamina (modern Nahuatl pronunciation ⓘ), Huehuemoteuczoma or Montezuma I (Classical Nahuatl: Motēuczōma Ilhuicamīna [moteːkʷˈsoːma ilwikaˈmiːna], Classical Nahuatl: Huēhuemotēuczōma [weːwemoteːkʷˈsoːma]), was the second Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan.
Oct 10, 2013 · Montezuma (aka Moctezuma), or more correctly, Motecuhzoma II Xocoyotzin, meaning 'Angry Like A Lord’, was the last fully independent ruler of the Aztec empire before the civilization's collapse after the Spanish Conquest in the early 16th century CE.
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Learn about Montezuma I, the grandson of the founder of Tenochtitlan, who expanded the Aztec empire and built the temple to Huitzilopochtli. Find out how he led his army, consulted his adviser Tlacaelel, and sacrificed victims to the Sun god.
Oct 27, 2009 · Itzcoatl’s successor Montezuma (Moctezuma) I, who took power in 1440, was a great warrior who was remembered as the father of the Aztec empire. By the early 16th century, the Aztecs had come...
Moctezuma I, also known as Moteuczomatzin Ilhuicamina, Huehuemoteuczoma or Montezuma I, was the second Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan. During his reign, the Aztec Empire was consolidated, major expansion was undertaken, and Tenochtitlan started becoming the dominant partner of the Aztec Triple Alliance.
Learn about the life, achievements and legacy of Montezuma, the last independent ruler of the Aztec empire. Discover how he was misrepresented by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and his followers.
Moctezuma is a Nahuatl name meaning lordly frown. It was used by two Aztec emperors: Ilhuicamina, who expanded the empire and the temple, and Xocoyotzin, who met the Spanish.
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