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Moctezuma II
Also called: Montezuma II, Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin
Aztec emperor who received Cortés in his capital, was taken hostage and died in the turmoil of 1520
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Spain’s Hernán Cortés, allied with Indigenous peoples hostile to the Aztecs, took the capital Tenochtitlan. The Aztec Empire fell and New Spain (Mexico) was founded.
People who appear alongside
- Hernán Cortés1485 – 1547
Spanish conquistador who, with Indigenous allies, overthrew the Aztec Empire in 1519–1521
- Charles V1500 – 1558
King of Spain (as Charles I) and Holy Roman Emperor, who sponsored Magellan’s voyage and under whom the Aztec and Inca empires were conquered
Themes this person appears in
- Turkic-Islamic Empires and Other Civilizations1000 – 1533
From the Ghaznavid raids on India to the Mughal Empire and Suleiman I — five centuries in which Turkic-led Islamic empires took western Asia and India, while Africa, Southeast Asia and the Americas raised civilisations of their own
- The Age of Discovery1415 – 1600
From Ceuta to the Manila galleons — two centuries in which European ships crossed the oceans and bound the world together by sea