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Jonathan (Copyright) Montezuma (aka Moctezuma ), or more correctly, Motecuhzoma II Xocoyotzin, meaning 'Angry Like A Lord’, was the last fully independent ruler of the Aztec empire before the civilization 's collapse after the Spanish Conquest in the early 16th century CE.

Montezuma I (1397-1469), who ruled the Aztecs from 1440 to 1469, is best known for his expansion of the empire and for his building projects, including the dike across Lake Texcoco and the temple to the god Huitzilopochtli.

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...

Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin ( c. 1466 – 29 June 1520; [motɛːkˈsoːmaḁ ʃoːkoˈjoːt͡sĩ] modern Nahuatl pronunciation ⓘ ), [N.B. 1] variant spellings include Moctezuma, Motewksomah, Motecuhzomatzin, Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecuhzoma, Motēuczōmah, Muteczuma, and referred to retroactively in European sources as Moctezuma II, was the ninth Emperor of the Az...

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.

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...