Montezuma II
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Montezuma II Xocoyotzin (1466-1520) was the Aztec emperor (tlahtoani) from 1502 to 1520. His name comes from the Nahuatl Motecuhzoma, it means "he who is leader because of his fury". In Spanish he is called Moctezuma.
When Hernán Cortés arived in Mexico in 1519, Montezuma thought he was the god Quetzalcoatl, and didn't want to fight against him. Cortés took Montezuma prisoner. When the Aztecs wanted Cortés to get out of their capital Tenochtitlan in 1520, Cortes told Montezuma to calm down his people. When doing that he died. The Spanish said he was killed by the Aztecs, but the Aztecs said Cortés killed him.
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