Ruler · Early modern period · Mexico
Moctezuma II
r. 1502–1520
Ruler of the Aztec Empire from 1502 to 1520, born about 1466, who reigned when the Spanish arrived. He received Hernan Cortes in Tenochtitlan in 1519 and was taken hostage in his own palace. He died in June 1520 during the Spanish expulsion from the city, the Noche Triste.
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- Born
- About 1466.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Montezuma II
- Died
- 1520, Tenochtitlan.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Montezuma II
- Reign
- 1502 to 1520.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Montezuma II
- Realm
- The Aztec Empire of central Mexico.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Montezuma II
- Known for
- The arrival of Cortes (1519) and the fall of Tenochtitlan.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Montezuma II
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