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Cuitláhuac was made tlatoani of Tenochtitlan during the Spanish conquest of Mexico ; After Pedro de Alvarado had ordered the massacre in the Main Temple, the Aztecs were very upset and started to fight and put a siege to the Spaniards.
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Cuitláhuac and was
He was an uncle of the Emperor Cuauhtémoc and father of Emperors Moctezuma II and Cuitláhuac.
Cuitláhuac ( c. 1476 – 1520 ) or Cuitláhuac ( in Spanish orthography ; in, honorific form Cuitlahuatzin ) was the 10th tlatoani ( ruler ) of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan for 80 days during the year Two Flint ( 1520 ).
Cuitláhuac was the eleventh son of the ruler Axayacatl and a younger brother of Moctezuma II, the previous ruler of Tenochtitlan.
Cortés then freed Cuitláhuac and once Cuitláhuac was free he led his people against the conquistadors.
Cuitláhuac was ritually married to Moctezuma's eldest daughter, a ten or eleven year old girl who later was called Isabel Moctezuma.
As soon as Cuitláhuac died, Cuauhtémoc was made the next tlatoani.
Cuauhtémoc took power in 1520 as successor of Cuitláhuac and was a cousin of the former emperor Moctezuma II, and his young wife, who would later be known as Isabel Moctezuma, was one of Moctezuma's daughters.
He was an uncle of Emperors Cuauhtémoc, Moctezuma II and Cuitláhuac and grandfather of Diego de San Francisco Tehuetzquititzin.
He was then succeeded by Macuilxochitecuhtli, but eighty days later he too went to Tenochtitlan to fight the Spanish alongside Cuitláhuac.
After her father was murdered either by his own people, or the Spanish, she was quickly married to her uncle Cuitláhuac who became emperor after Moctezuma's death.
However, the name comes from nearby Avenida Cuitláhuac, an avenue named in honour of Cultlahuanctzin ( whose name was later changed into Spanish language as " Cuitláhuac ").
He was also the great-great-grandson of Cuitláhuac, the penultimate Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan and victor of la Noche Triste.
Moctezuma ’ s younger brother Cuitláhuac, who had been ruler of Ixtlapalapan until then, was chosen to be the new Tlatoani.
Cuitláhuac and Tenochtitlan
* July 1 – La Noche Triste ( Night of Sorrow ): The forces of Cuitláhuac, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, gain a major victory against the forces of conquistador Hernán Cortés.
* October – Cuitláhuac, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies from smallpox.
* October – Cuitláhuac, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan
Cuitláhuac and Spanish
After the death of Moctezuma II, the empire fell into the hands of severely weakened emperors, such as Cuitláhuac, before eventually being ruled by puppet rulers, such as Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuh, installed by the Spanish.
The logo depicts an ahuehuete tree, referring to the Árbol de la Noche Triste – the " tree of the night of sorrow " – where Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés stopped his retreat from Tenochtitlán and cried after being defeated by Cuitláhuac in the Battle of Noche Triste.
After the death of Moctezuma II, the empire fell into the hands of severely weakened emperors, such as Cuitláhuac, before eventually being ruled by puppet rulers, such as Andrés de Tapia Motelchiuh, installed by the Spanish.
Cuitláhuac and Mexico
The modern Mexican municipality of Cuitláhuac, Veracruz and the Mexico City Metro station Metro Cuitláhuac are named in honor of Cuitláhuac.
There is an Avenue in Mexico City Called Cuitláhuac ( Eje 3 Norte ) that runs from Avenue Insurgentes to Avenue Mexico-Tacuba and that is part of an inner ring ; also many streets in other towns and villages in Mexico are so called.
station logoMetro Cuitláhuac is a station on the Mexico City Metro.
Cuitláhuac and After
After having ruled for just 80 days, Cuitláhuac died of smallpox that had been introduced to the New World by the Europeans.
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Cuitláhuac and had
His mother's father, also called Cuitlahuac, had been ruler of Itztapalapan, and the younger Cuitláhuac also ruled there initially.
Cuitláhuac and fight
Moctezuma told him that they would not listen to him and suggested Cortés free Cuitláhuac so that he could convince them to dispose of their arms and not fight anymore.
Cuitláhuac and .
The asteroid 2275 Cuitláhuac is also named after this ruler.
His brother Cuitláhuac rises to the throne.
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