Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (c. 1466 – 29 June 1520; [moteːkʷˈs̻oːmaḁ ʃoːkoˈjoːt͡sin̥] modern Nahuatl pronunciation), referred to retroactively in European...

of an Aztec temple, thought by some to have served as a throne for Motecuhzoma II. The sculpture was first discovered in 1831 in the foundations of the...

The Stone of Motecuhzoma I is a pre-Columbian stone monolith dating back to the rule of Motecuhzoma I (1440-1469), the fifth Tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan...

back of the sculpture (not visible in the image to the right) orients Motecuhzoma II in the cosmic cycle because that date represents "the beginning of things...

immediately sent to the Aztec Emperor (in Nahuatl, Tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan Motecuhzoma II. Going inland the Spaniards encountered and fought with Totonac forces...

Bangladesh, Pala period 10th–12th century CE Aztec, Coronation Stone of Motecuhzoma II (Stone of the Five Suns) 1503 Auguste Rodin, Adam (1881) cast in bronze...

Mound Templo Mayor (Main Temple) Ruler's feather headdress (probably of Motecuhzoma II) City of Cusco, including Qorikancha (Inka main temple), Santo Domingo...

sun. The Tupinambá cape was formerly thought to have belonged to the Motecuhzoma II, the ninth Emperor of Mexica, but this view has been discredited. No...

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes June 29, 1520 Motecuhzoma II Xocoyotl, Emperor of the Aztec Alliance February 14, 1831 Vicente Guerrero, former President...

originally the most common, but has now largely been replaced with "motecuhzoma" and "Moteuczoma", in Spanish the term "Moctezuma" which inverts the...

Aztec Triple Alliance. Often mistaken for his popular descendant, Moctezuma II, Moctezuma I greatly contributed to the famed Aztec Empire that thrived until...

Moctezuma II (c. 1460–1520), ninth Aztec emperor Pedro Moctezuma, a son of Montezuma II Isabel Moctezuma (1509/1510–1550/1551), a daughter of Montezuma II Leonor...

that the name of the historical Aztec Emperors Moctezuma (more properly Motecuhzoma in Nahuatl) was the ultimate origin of the mythical hero-god's name —...

documents as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin was called "Montezuma" in subsequent histories. In current histories he is often named Moctezuma II, using the European...

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so capturing Motecuhzoma had considerable precedent but modern scholars are skeptical that Cortés and his countrymen took Motecuhzoma captive at this...

ascended the Mexica throne following the death of his maternal grandfather Motecuhzoma Illhuicamina in 1469. Moctezuma had spent his long reign leading Tenochtitlan...

University Press. "Xavier López Medellín: Los huesos de Hernán Cortés". Motecuhzoma.de. Retrieved 2009-07-23. Riley, G. Michael (1968). "Fernando Cortés...

of the Indians). According to various chroniclers, Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (also known as Moctezuma II), tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, capital of the Mexica...