Cuauhtemoc AKA Cuauhtémoc Born: 1495 Died: 28-Feb-1525 Location of death: Honduras Cause of death: Execution Remains: Buried, Ossuary, Ixcateopan, Guerrero
Gender: Male Religion: Other Race or Ethnicity: American Aborigine Occupation: Head of State Nationality: Aztec Executive summary: Last Aztec Emperor Nephew of Montezuma II and final leader of the Aztec Empire. At the age of 25 he was elected to the post by a council of noblemen, during the Spanish conquest. He defied the white-skinned invaders with his oath to sacrifice to his gods all Christian converts in the Aztec lands.
He organized an Aztec resistance that succeeded in repulsing Spaniard forces from Tenochtitlan, until they were starved out. Cuauhtemoc was captured and drafted into the Spanish army, where he was later hung for treason, forever immortalizing him as a Mexican hero. Father: Ahuízotl Wife: Tecuichpo (daughter of Montezuma II)
Surrendered to Enemy 13-Aug-1521 Taken Prisoner of War Tortured 1521 Treason Portrait on Mexican currency 5 Peso Coin (1947-1948) Aztec Ancestry
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