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Moctezuma II. Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin [N.B. 1] ( c. 1466 – 29 June 1520), referred to retroactively 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 ...
Moctezuma II, sixth huēyi tlahtoāni of the Aztec Triple Alliance. There were eleven tlahtohqueh of Tenochtitlan. Beginning with Itzcoatl, the tlahtoāni of Tenochtitlan was also the huēyi tlahtoāni of the Aztec Empire. Acamapichtli: 1376–1395; Huitzilihuitl: 1395–1417; Chimalpopoca: 1417–1427; Itzcoatl: 1427–1440; Moctezuma I: 1440 ...
Casas Nuevas de Moctezuma (English: New Houses of Moctezuma) or tecpan is the name of a pre-hispanic residential complex composed of five interconnected palaces with large platforms. The complex served as the royal palace and chambers of Tenochtitlan 's ninth emperor Moctezuma II , [1] who was the Aztec leader during the arrival of Hernán ...
Moctezuma's headdress is a featherwork headdress or military device ( Nahuatl languages: quetzalāpanecayōtl [ketsalaːpaneˈkajoːtɬ]) which tradition holds belonged to Moctezuma II, the Aztec emperor at the time of the Spanish conquest. However, its provenance is uncertain, [2] and even its identity as a headdress has been questioned. [3]
This is a list of Mesoamerican rulers of the altepetl of Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City) from its foundation in 1325 until the end of the line of indigenous rulers. From c. 1375 onwards, the rulers of Tenochtitlan were monarchs and used the title tlatoani . From 1427 to 1521, the tlatoque of Tenochtitlan were alongside those of the cities ...
Teotlalco's father was King Matlaccohuatl. [ 1] She married Emperor Moctezuma II of Tenochtitlan. The first contact between Indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica and Europeans took place during his reign, and he was killed. Teotlalco was Moctezuma's principal wife and mother of Doña Isabel Moctezuma, [ 2] wife of the king Cuitláhuac. [ 3]
The Coronation Stone of Moctezuma II (also known as the Stone of the Five Suns) is a sculpture measuring 55.9 x 66 x 22.9 cm (22 x 26 x 9 in [39]), currently in the possession of the Art Institute of Chicago. It bears similar hieroglyphic inscriptions to the Aztec Sun Stone, with 4-Movement at the center surrounded by 4-Jaguar, 4-Wind, 4-Rain ...
The Templo Mayor (English: Main Temple) was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. The temple was called Huēyi Teōcalli [we:ˈi teoːˈkali] [1] in the Nahuatl language. It was dedicated simultaneously ...