MOCTEZUMA II

KNOWM NAMES

• Moctezuma also known by a number of variant spellings including
• Montezuma
• Moteuczoma
• Motecuhzoma
• and referred to Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin meaning (Moctezuma the Young)

HIS BIOGRAPHY

• Reign 1502–1520 Born 1466 Died June 29, 1520 (aged 53–54) Place of death Tenochtitlan
• Father Axayacatl
• Had 2 wives and 3 childern
• But if he had more of anything it was his lovers.

FAMILY

• The queens he had were – Tlapalizquixochtzin and Teotlalco.
• the reason why he was King Consort of Ecatepec because Tlapalizquixochtzin was Queen of that city.
• And children were Princess Isabel Moctezuma — and son Chimalpopoca along with Tlaltecatzin.

FERNANDO ALVARADO TEZOZÓMOC

• Fernando Alvarado Tezozómoc, was a grandson of Moctezuma II
• his chronicle mostly relates the genealogy of the Aztec rulers

REIGN

• During his reign the Aztec Empire reached its maximal size.
• Moctezuma expanded the territory as far south as Xoconosco.

DESCRIPTION IN EARLY POST CONQUEST LITERATURE

• Some of the Aztec stories about Moctezuma describe him as being fearful of the Spanish newcomers
• Florentine codex, comment that the Aztecs believed the Spaniards to be gods
• Along with Cortés to be the returned god Quetzalcoatl

CONTACTS WITH SPANIARDS

• When Cortés arrived in 1519, Moctezuma was immediately informed and he sent emissaries to meet the newcomers.
• As the Spaniards approached Tenochtitlan they made an alliance with the Tlaxcalteca,.

HOST AND PRISONERS

• Moctezuma brought Cortés to his palace where the Spaniards lived as his guests for several months
• At some time during that period Moctezuma became a prisoner in his own house
• Exactly why this happened is not clear from the extant sources.

THE END OF HIM 😱

• In the subsequent battles with the Spaniards after Cortés' return, Moctezuma was killed.
• The details of his death are unknown.