Emperor Montezuma Lord Of Mexico Aztec Empire Aztec Art Aztec Emper Montezuma ii (born 1466—died c. june 30, 1520, tenochtitlán, within modern mexico city) was the ninth aztec emperor of mexico, famous for his dramatic confrontation with the spanish conquistador hernán cortés. in 1502 montezuma succeeded his uncle ahuitzotl as the leader of an empire that had reached its greatest extent, stretching to what. 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. taking the position of tlatoani, meaning 'speaker', in 1502 ce he ruled as an absolute.
Montezuma Ii Last Aztec Emperor 1520 Stock Image C045 5481 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. On nov. 8, 1519, the spanish conquistador hernán cortés, after months of battling neighboring cities, entered tenochtitlán and won an audience with the emperor we know as montezuma ii, the last fully independent ruler of the aztec empire. you probably think you know what happened next. montezuma and his aztec priests, believing the spanish. Moctezuma ii, the 9th emperor of the aztecs, was known as motecuhzoma xocoyotzin . today his name has a lot of spellings, including montezuma and motecuhzoma. modern scholars sometimes call him moctezuma ii to differentiate him from the other emperor of the name, but in his time the number was not used. the name signifies frowning and kingly anger. 6. he ruled several million people. at its height, the aztec empire incorporated between 6 to 12 million people, around 500 cities and stretched from modern central mexico to the fringes of modern guatemala. during the reign of moctezuma’s father axayacatl, the aztec empire had only been in existence for half a century.