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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.
Sucesos importantes en la vida de Moctezuma. 1466 Nace en Tenochtitlán. 1503 Es elegido tlatoani o emperador de los aztecas. 1513 Los ejércitos aztecas llegan hasta el territorio de las actuales Honduras y Nicaragua. 1519 Hernán Cortés entra en Tenochtitlán. 1520 Muerte de Moctezuma II.
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.
- Mark Cartwright
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- While Aztec emperor, Montezuma had a famous confrontation with Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. He initially welcomed Cortés but, when unable to...
- In 1502 Montezuma succeeded his uncle Ahuitzotl, becoming the ninth ruler of an Aztec empire that was at its greatest geographical extent and cultu...
- After being taken captive by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, Montezuma spoke to his subjects in an attempt to quell growing unrest. However, up...
1466-29 de junio de 1520), también llamado Moctezuma II, fue huey tlatoani de México-Tenochtitlán y, por ende, emperador de facto del Imperio mexica entre 1502 o 1503 y 1520.
The fall of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, was an important event in the Spanish conquest of the empire. It occurred in 1521 following extensive negotiations between local factions and Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. He was aided by La Malinche, his interpreter and companion, and by thousands of indigenous allies ...
Ciudad de México, antes Tenochtitlán (México), 1468 – 30.VI.1520. Era bisnieto de Moctezuma I, Ilhuicamina (El Encolerizado, Flechador del Cielo) (1440-1468), quinto hueytlatoani (supremo portador de la palabra, que se traduce por emperador), que había expandido notablemente el imperio azteca. Hijo primogénito de Axayacatl, que sería ...
