Cuāuhtēmōctzin

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Cuāuhtēmōctzin is the Nahuatl name of Cuauhtémoc, the last Aztec emperor who resisted the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.

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Cuāuhtēmōctzin canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aztec emperor
Nahua person
person
alsoKnownAs Cuauhtemotzin
Cuauhtémoc
Guatimozin
linked to: Guatimozín
associatedWith Lake Texcoco
Tenochtitlan
capturedBy Hernán Cortés
causeOfDeath execution
commemoratedBy Mexican place names
monuments in Mexico City
conflict Siege of Tenochtitlan
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
country Aztec Empire
culture Aztec
linked to: Aztec culture
dateOfDeath 1525
depictedAs warrior with eagle symbolism
era Late Postclassic Mesoamerica
ethnicGroup Mexica
father Ahuitzotl
hasPartInName -tzin (reverential suffix)
Cuāuhtli (eagle)
tēmoa (to descend)
legacy symbol of Mexican resistance to conquest
mannerOfDeath hanging
nameInLanguage Nahuatl
nameMeaning Descending eagle
linked to: Descending Eagle
nativeLanguage Nahuatl
notableFor being the last Aztec emperor
leading resistance against the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
opponent Hernán Cortés
placeOfBirth Tenochtitlan
placeOfDeath Honduras region
positionHeld Huey Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan
linked to: Huey Tlatoani

Tlatoani of Tlatelolco
predecessor Cuitláhuac
Moctezuma II
relative Moctezuma II
religion Aztec religion
linked to: Aztec mythology
residence Tenochtitlan
Tlatelolco
spouse Isabel Moctezuma
successor Spanish colonial rule in central Mexico
title Emperor of the Aztecs
Huey Tlatoani

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Cuauhtemotzin nativeLanguageName Cuāuhtēmōctzin