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Discovered in 1831CE near the palace of Motecuhzoma II under what is now Mexico City, the throne was carved in 1507 CE from volcanic stone and measures 1.23 metres in height and around 1 metre in both depth and width.The object as a whole celebrates the triumph of the sun and the top is inscribed with the year 2 House which translates as 1345 CE...

Moctezuma I ( c. 1398 –1469), also known as Moteuczomatzin Ilhuicamina ( modern Nahuatl pronunciation i ), Huehuemoteuczoma or Montezuma I ( Classical Nahuatl: Motēuczōma Ilhuicamīna [moteːkʷˈsoːma ilwikaˈmiːna], Classical Nahuatl: Huēhuemotēuczōma [weːwemoteːkʷˈsoːma] ), was the second Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan.

Moctezuma I ruled over the Aztec Empire from 1440 until 1469 and was the fifth tlatoani of the Aztec people. He was the son of Huitzilíhuitl. Early in his rule he worked to strengthen the Triple Alliance with Texcoco and Tlacopan and improved Tenochtitlan by building aqueducts that supplied fresh water to the growing city.

Itzcoatl’s successor Montezuma (Moctezuma) I, who took power in 1440, was a great warrior who was remembered as the father of the Aztec empire. By the early 16th century, the Aztecs had come...

Emperor Moctezuma I Of The Aztec Empire, 5to Tlatoani de Tenochtitlan: Also Known As: "Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina", "Huehuemotecuhzoma", "Montezuma I", "Motēuczōma Ilhuicamīna", "Huēhuemotēuczōma", "He Frowns Like a Lord" Birthdate: 1370: Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico: Death: 1430 (59-61) Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Moctezuma I (c. 1398–1469), also known as Huehuemotecuhzoma, was the fifth Aztec emperor. During his reign the Aztec Empire was consolidated, major expansion was undertaken and Tenochtitlan started becoming the dominant partner of the Aztec Triple Alliance. He was a son of Huitzilíhuitl and father of Atotoztli II.

The Aztecs did not use regnal numbers; they were given retroactively by historians to more easily distinguish him from the first Moctezuma, referred to as Moctezuma I. [4] The Aztec chronicles called him Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, while the first was called Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina or Huehuemotecuhzoma ("Old Moctezuma").

Montezuma II, ninth Aztec emperor of Mexico, famous for his dramatic confrontation with the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. Montezuma became Cortes’s prisoner in Tenochtitlan. The Spanish claimed Montezuma died at the hands of his own people; the Aztecs believed that the Spanish murdered him.