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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.

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.

Name: Montezuma II. Birth Year: 1466. Birth Country: Mexico. Gender: Male. Best Known For: Montezuma II was the last of the Aztec emperors, who was defeated by Spanish conquistador Hernán...

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.

Tenochtitlan, Ciudad De México, D.F., 16500, Mexico. Death: June 30, 1520 (52) México-Tenochtitlan, Mexica (Disputed, at the hand of the Spanish or his own people.) Place of Burial: Body burned at Copulco. Immediate Family: Son of Axayacatl, 6th Aztec Emperor and Empress Azcalxochitl Xochiquetzal Of Texcoco.