Francisco Javier Girón, 2nd Duke of Ahumada was a Spanish Army officer known for being the founder of the Civil Guard and its first director-general.
Francisco Javier Girón y Ezpeleta Duque de Ahumada
Moctezuma II
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Moctezuma Xocoyotzin, retroactively referred to in European sources as Moctezuma II, and often called Montezuma, was the ninth emperor of the Aztec Empire, reigning from 1502 or 1503 to 1520. Through
Francisco Javier Girón, 2nd Duke of Ahumada
…Governor-General of Cuba and Captain-General of Cádiz and grandson of General Castaños. On the other hand, he was also a descendant of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II, on the part of the mother of his paternal grandfather Jerónimo Girón y Moctezuma, 3rd Marquess of the Amarillas. Likewise, on the mother's side, he…
Moctezuma depicted in the Codex Mendoza
1892 illustration of Moctezuma II
Headdress traditionally attributed to Moctezuma II in the Museum of Ethnology, Vienna. The object, however, might not have belonged to Moctezuma and, contrary to popular belief, it was not used as his crown. It might have been a religious headdress to represent the god Quetzalcoatl during religious events, a battle standard, or a military device worn in the back.
Stone of the Five Suns, a stone with inscriptions in Nahuatl writing depicting the date 15 July 1503 in the Aztec calendar. Some historians believe this to be the date on which Moctezuma was crowned.