Cuitláhuac
Cuitláhuac (Spanish pronunciation: [kwiˈtlawak] ⓘ, ⓘ) (c. 1476 – 1520) or Cuitláhuac (in Spanish orthography; Nahuatl languages: Cuitlāhuac, Nahuatl pronunciation: [kʷiˈt͡ɬaːwak], honorific form: Cuitlahuatzin) was the 10th Huey Tlatoani (emperor) of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan for 80 days during the year Two Flint (1520). He is credited with leading the resistance to the Spanish and Tlaxcalteca conquest of the Mexica Empire, following the death of his kinsman Moctezuma II.
| Cuitláhuac | |
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Cuitláhuac in the Primeros Memoriales. | |
| Huey Tlatoani of the Aztec Empire Tlatoani of Tenochtitlan | |
| Reign | 2 Flint 1520 |
| Predecessor | Montezuma II |
| Successor | Cuauhtémoc |
| Successor | Ixhuetzcatocatzin (Alonso) |
| Born | c. 1476 |
| Died | 2 Flint (1520; aged 44) |
| Spouse | A daughter of Moteixcahuia Quauhtlehuanitzin |
| Issue | Ixhuetzcatocatzin (Alonso) Ana Luisa two others |
| Father | Axayacatl |
| Mother | A daughter of Cuitlahuac I |
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