Cuauhtémoc

Type Figure Region Mesoamerica Time c. 1495–1525 Also known as Cuauhtémoc、Cuauhtemotzin、瓜特莫克

The last Aztec tlatoani, living c. 1495–1525; after Moctezuma II's death he led resistance to the Spanish conquerors, held out during the 1521 siege,…

Timeline

c. 1495–1520Tenochtitlan · Valley of MexicoOf Mexica royal lineage, nephew of Moctezuma II, he received military and priestly training from childhood and rose to prominence in the imperial army.
1520–1521Tenochtitlan · Valley of MexicoAcceded after Moctezuma's death in 1520, organizing the valley's city-states to resist Cortés's coalition, and led troops and civilians in holding out until the city fell during the 1521 siege of Tenochtitlan.
1521–1525near Ixtanciguatla · HondurasCaptured after the city fell, he was executed on charges of treason during Cortés's 1525 expedition to Honduras, ending Aztec independent resistance.

Sources

Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico — Miguel León-Portilla (1992)