Ruler · 1466 – 1520

Moctezuma II

Lived 1466 – 1520; politician. Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, 1502 – 1520.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1466 – 1520; 54 years
In office: 18 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Tenochtitlan
Left it: killed; the ruler's own article

Tlatoani

Tenochtitlan · the 13th of 17 dated reigns · 1367 – 1530

9 before

Axayacatl1469 – 1481

Tizoc1481 – 1486

Ahuitzotl1486 – 1502

Moctezuma II1502 – 1520

Cuitláhuac1520

Cuauhtémoc1521

Hernando Cetochtzin1521 – 1526

1 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1502 – 1520 · 18 years · came to it aged 36

Came to it: the nephew or niece of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: killed

He was killed during the initial stages of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire when Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador, and his men seized the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.

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