Moctezuma II
9th tlatoani of Tenochtitlan and ruler of the Aztec Triple Alliance (1466-1520)
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Moctezuma II was the ninth ruler of Tenochtitlan and led the Aztec Triple Alliance from 1466 to 1520, making him one of the most powerful leaders in Mesoamerica during that era. He is historically significant because his reign spanned a pivotal moment when Spanish conquistadors arrived in the Americas, fundamentally changing the course of Aztec civilization.
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1892 illustration of Moctezuma II
Moctezuma Xocoyotzin (c. 1466 – 29 June 1520), retroactively referred to in European sources as Moctezuma II, and often called Montezuma, was the ninth emperor of the Aztec Empire (also known as the Mexica Empire), reigning from 1502 or 1503 to 1520. Through his marriage with Queen Tlapalizquixochtzin of Ecatepec, one of his two wives, he was also the king consort of the altepetl.