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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]
Cuitláhuac (died October 1520, Tenochtitlán, near modern Mexico City) was the 10th Aztec ruler, who succeeded his brother Montezuma II in June 1520. Cuitláhuac rebelled against the Spanish occupation of Tenochtitlán, decimating Hernán Cortés’ forces in their retreat from the city on the noche triste (Spanish: “sad night”) of June 30, 1520.
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Jul 28, 2018 · Cuitlahuac was the 10th and penultimate ruler of the Aztec Empire, who led the resistance against the Spanish invaders for 80 days in 1520. He died of smallpox before the fall of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, and was succeeded by Cuauhtemoc.
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Cuitláhuac, según un códice de las primeras épocas posteriores a la conquista de México. Cortés exigió a Moctezuma Xocoyotzin que restableciera el mercado y volviese el pueblo a la tranquilidad. Entonces, a petición de Moctezuma, Cortés puso en libertad a Cuitláhuac para que se encargase de arreglar las cosas.
The Aztec had no immunity to European diseases. Smallpox spread among the indigenous people and crippled their ability to resist the Spanish. The disease devastated the Aztec people, greatly reducing their population and killing an estimated half of Tenochtitlán’s inhabitants. One of those who died was the Aztec emperor Cuitláhuac.
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Dec 27, 2020 · Al contrario que su hermano, Cuitláhuac receló desde el primer momento de los contingentes españoles y se mostró en contra de que Moctezuma, tlatoani de los mexicas, los recibiera en ...
Cuitláhuac or Cuitláhuac was the 10th Huey Tlatoani (emperor) of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan for 80 days during the year Two Flint (1520). He is credited with leading the resistance to the Spanish and Tlaxcalteca conquest of the Mexica Empire, following the death of his kinsman Moctezuma II.
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