Moctezuma descendants
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Moctezuma I
Fifth Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan
Moctezuma I (c. 1398–1469), also known as Montezuma I, Moteuczomatzin Ilhuicamina (Classical Nahuatl: Motēuczōmah Ilhuicamīna[motɛːkʷˈs̻oːmaḁilwikaˈmiːna]) or Huehuemoteuczoma (Huēhuemotēuczōmah[weːwemotɛːkʷˈs̻oːmaḁ]), was the second Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan. During his reign, the Aztec Empire was consolidated,[3] major expansion was undertaken, and Tenochtitlan started becoming the dominant partner of the Aztec Triple Alliance. Often mistaken for his popular descendant, Moctezuma II, Moctezuma I greatly contributed to the famed Aztec Empire that thrived until Spanish arrival, and he ruled over a period of peace from 1440 to 1453. Moctezuma brought social, economical, and political reform to strengthen Aztec rule, and Tenochtitlan benefited from relations with other cities.[4]
Ancestry
Moctezuma was the son of emperor Huitzilihuitl (meaning 'Hummingbird Feather') and queen Miahuaxihuitl. He was a brother of Chimalpopoca, Tlacaelel I, and Huehue Zaca. H
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Moctezuma II
Tlahtoāni of the Aztec Empire until 1520
Moctezuma Xocoyotzin[N.B. 1] (c. 1466 – 29 June 1520), retroactively referred to 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. Through his marriage with Queen Tlapalizquixochtzin of Ecatepec, one of his two wives, he was also the king consort of that altepetl.
The first contact between the indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica and Europeans took place during his reign. He was killed during the initial stages of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire when Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador, and his men seized the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. During his reign, the Aztec Empire reached its greatest size. Through warfare, Moctezuma expanded the territory as far south as Xoconosco in Chiapas and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and incorporated the Zapotec and Yopi people into the empire. He changed the previous meritocratic system of social hierarchy and widened th
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Moctezuma
The name Moctezuma (also commonly used is Montezuma) or Motecuhzoma, is a name from the central Mexican language of Nahuatl, referring to a lordly frown. Many people vaguely relate it to the last emperor of the Aztecs, but that's not only vague but inaccurate.
Technically, the last emperor was Cuauhtémoc, though it could be argued that by the time he took the throne the empire was in shambles and he wasn't a true emperor. But if we're going to talk about Aztec rulers, scholars today use the term Moctezuma for more than one.
Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina
Otherwise known as Moctezuma I, he ruled from 1440-1469. He was the 5th tlatoani, or ruler in Tenochtitlán (more about Aztec government). This ruler did a lot to consolidate the Aztec civilization, and to expand its borders. During his rule, the empire stretched to the Gulf of Mexico. In the triple alliance of three great cities, Tenochtitlán began to solidify its place as the "capitol city". He led a successful campaign against the Mixtec pe
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