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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.

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.

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.

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.

Montezuma II, also spelled Moctezuma, (born 1466—died c. June 30, 1520, Tenochtitlán, within modern Mexico City), ninth Aztec emperor of Mexico, famous for his dramatic confrontation with the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.