Moctezuma Xocoyotzin (c. 1466 – 29 June 1520), referred to retroactively in European sources as Moctezuma II, was the ninth Emperor of the Aztec Empire...
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Aztec Triple Alliance. Often mistaken for his popular descendant, Moctezuma II, Moctezuma I greatly contributed to the famed Aztec Empire that thrived until...
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Doña Isabel Moctezuma (born Tecuichpoch Ichcaxochitzin; 1509/1510 – 1550/1551) was a daughter of the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II. She was the consort of...
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and Doña Isabel Moctezuma, the eldest daughter of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II. She was acknowledged by her father and married Juan de Tolosa, one of...
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belonged to Moctezuma II, the Aztec emperor at the time of the Spanish conquest. Additional popular spellings of the emperor's name include Moctezuma, Montezuma...
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Tenochtitlan (section Palaces of Moctezuma II)
calmimilocatl, a functionary in charge of the city planning. The palace of Moctezuma II also had two houses or zoos, one for birds of prey and another for other...
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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...
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Americas reached the mainland during the reign of Hueyi Tlatoani Moctezuma II (Montezuma II). In 1521, Hernán Cortés, along with an allied army of other Native...
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conquistador Hernán Cortés, and the great-granddaughter of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II. Doña Isabel was a castiza of mixed Spanish (of Basque and Extremaduran...
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death of his kinsman Moctezuma II. Cuitláhuac was the eleventh son of the ruler Axayacatl and a younger brother of Moctezuma II, the late Emperor of Tenochtitlan...
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Don Pedro (de) Moctezuma Tlacahuepan Yohualicahuaca was a son of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II and María Miyahuaxochtzin, the daughter of Ixtlilcuecahuacatzin...
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Queen regnant of the Aztec city of Ecatepec. She was also a consort of Moctezuma II. She was born as a Princess – daughter of Matlaccoatzin and thus a granddaughter...
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Doña Francisca de Moctezuma was the daughter of Moctezuma II and Tlapalizquixochtzin. Francisca lived in Ecatepec during the fall of Tenochtitlan. She...
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served as the royal palace and chambers of Tenochtitlan's ninth emperor Moctezuma II, who was the Aztec leader during the arrival of Hernán Cortés. The name...
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of the most powerful empires in Mesoamerica. Led by the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II, the Aztec Empire had established dominance over central Mexico through...
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Esteban Moctezuma Barragán (born 21 October 1954 in Mexico City) is a Mexican diplomat and politician, formerly affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary...
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cousin of the late emperor Moctezuma II. His young wife, who was later known as Isabel Moctezuma, was one of Moctezuma's daughters. He ascended to the...
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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...
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not actual seniority. Ahuitzotl was succeeded by his nephew Moctezuma II in 1502. Moctezuma II spent most of his reign consolidating power in lands conquered...
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including Cacamatzin and Ixtlilxochitl. The former gained the support of Moctezuma II, Tlatoani of the Aztec Empire. A civil war ensued, and ended in a tripartite...
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Ahuizotl died in the year 10 Rabbit (1502) and was succeeded by his nephew, Moctezuma II. Ahuizotl took his name from the animal ahuizotl, which the Aztecs considered...
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part of their hosts, the Spaniards took Moctezuma II, the Aztec king or Tlatoani, hostage. Though Moctezuma followed Cortés' instructions in continually...
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colonial era. The principal heirs of Moctezuma II and their descendants retained high status. His son Pedro Moctezuma produced a son, who married into the...
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exact date of its creation is unknown, the name glyph of the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II in the central disc dates the monument to his reign between 1502 and...
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rule over the Americas. For instance, Moctezuma I (not to be confused with his more famous great-grandson Moctezuma II), 15th-century huei tlahtoani (Great...
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to have been made under considerable pressure from Moctezuma II, lord of Tenochtitlán. Moctezuma II wished to lessen Texcoco's power in favor of greater...
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Moctezuma, Doña Francisca de Moctezuma, Princess of Ecatepec, Don Manuel Holgado-Moctezuma, 1st Marquess of Moctezuma, Doña María Isabel de Moctezuma...
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and asked them to arrange a meeting with Moctezuma II, the tlatoani (ruler) of the Aztec Empire. Moctezuma repeatedly turned down the meeting, but Cortés...
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Tenochtitlan. Teotlalco's father was King Matlaccohuatl. She married Emperor Moctezuma II of Tenochtitlan. The first contact between Indigenous civilizations of...
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