montezuma

     

Montezuma, Moctezuma, Moteczoma, Motecuhzoma, Moteuczomah, are variant spellings an may refer to:

Trivia about montezuma

  • Cuauhtemoc, the last Aztec emperor, was the nephew & son-in-law of this famed ruler
  • In 1519 this leader of the Aztecs was taken prisoner without resistance
  • This Aztec is the title character in operas by Karl Heinrich Braun & Roger Sessions
  • He was ruler of the Aztecs at the time Cortes came a-calling
  • Note to this Aztec ruler who thought Cortes might be Quetzalcoatl--if he can't spell Quetzalcoatl, he's probably not
  • Cuauhtemoc, the last Aztec emperor of Mexico, was this Aztec ruler's nephew
  • While Copernicus was staring up at the stars, this emperor was staring down Cortez
  • It's uncertain whether this Aztec emperor was killed by Cortez' troops or by his own people
  • Giving Cortes all that gold in 1519 wasn't your best move, emperor, & thanks for that "revenge"!
  • By 1519 he ruled over an empire of more than 5 million in central & southern Mexico
  • You have to be a baritone to play Cortez in Roger Sessions' opera about this emperor of the Aztecs
  • Cortes introduced chocolate to Europe after encountering it in "the halls of" this Aztec emperor
  • "...& one last thing. If a Spaniard ever topples my rule as the 9th Aztec emperor, I'd like but one thing...revenge!"
  • In 1519 this Aztec welcomed Cortes with gold, perhaps thinking the explorer was a god; he died in 1520
  • This crowned guy's problem was the thought that the kneeling guy might be Quetzalcoatl

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