Cuauhtémoc
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Cuauhtémoc, also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, and the last Aztec Emperor. The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended li
Relief of Cuauhtémoc in the lobby of the Museum of the Mexican Army in Mexico City, by Jesús F. Contreras.
Prison of Guatimocín, last emperor of Mexico, painted by Carlos Esquivel y Rivas in 1854
The capture of Cuauhtémoc, a 17th-century oil on canvas painting depicting the moment of Cuauhtémoc's capture during the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
Mosaic of what is considered to be Cuauhtemoc's last address as tlatoani in Nahuatl and Spanish
The Massacre in the Great Temple, also called the Toxcatl Massacre, or the Alvarado Massacre, was an event on 22 May 1520, in the Mexica, also known as the Aztec, capital of Tenochtitlan during the Sp
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…old, while Tenochtitlan was besieged by the Spanish and devastated by an epidemic of smallpox brought to the Americas by Spanish conquerors. After the killings in the Great Temple, there were probably few Aztec captains available to take the position. Cuauhtemoc's date of birth is unknown, as he does not enter the historical…
Painting depicting the Massacre in the Great Temple