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He took power in 1520. His reign was preceded by Cuitláhuac and followed by the Spanish.
Cuauhtémoc was a nephew of the emperor Moctezuma II, and his young wife was one of Moctezuma's daughters. He ascended to the throne as his city was being besieged by the Spanish and devastated by an epidemic of smallpox. He was about 18 years of age at the time. Probably after the killings in the main temple, there were few Aztec captains available.
On August 13, 1521, he surrendered to Hernán Cortés in the TlatelolcoTlatelolco is an area in Mexico City, centered around the Plaza de las Tres Culturas, a square surrounded on three sides by an excavated Aztec pyramid, the 17th century church Templo de Santiago, and the modern office complex of the Mexican foreign minist section of Tenochtitlán.
Cuauhtémoc is considered to be the true hero of the fall of the Aztec nation; he was tortured by having his feet put to a fire, but even so refused to divulge information about the treasures the Spanish coveted. Cortés eventually ordered him hanged on 26 February 1525, on his trip to HondurasHonduras is a nation of northern Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala and El Salvador, to the south by Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea. The nation of Belize (formerly "British Ho. Cortés proabably took Cuauhtemoc with him so he wouldn't have to kill him close to his fellow Aztecs.
The modern-day MexicanThis article is about the country Mexico. For other meanings, see Mexico (disambiguation The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico regarding the use of the variant spelling Mejico see section The name below) is a co town of Ixcateopan in GuerreroMexican states ESTADO DE GUERRERO Other Mexican States Capital Chilpancingo Other major cities Acapulco, Taxco, list of municipalities Area64,281 km² Ranked 14th Population(2000 census)3,075,080 Ranked 11th Governor(1999-2005)Rene Juarez Cisneros ( PRI) F state is home to an ossuary purportedly containing Cuauhtémoc's remains.
Many places in Mexico are named in honour of Cuauhtémoc. These include Ciudad Cuauhtémoc in ChihuahuaThis article is about the state in Mexico; for the city of Chihuahua see: Chihuahua. ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA Other Mexican States Capital Chihuahua Other major cities Ciudad Juarez Cuauhtemoc list of municipalities Area244,938 km² Ranked 1st Population(2000 c and the CuauhtémocCuauhtemoc is one of the 16 delegaciones (boroughs) into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. Standing at the very heart of the Federal District, Cuauhtemoc contains downtown Mexico City. The borough was named after Cuauhtemoc, the last Aztec ruler borough of the Mexican Federal DistrictDISTRITO FEDERAL(Federal District Other Mexican States Capital Mexico City Area1,479 km² Ranked 32nd Population(2000 census)8,591,300 Ranked 2nd Head of Govt(2000-06) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ( PRD) Federal Deputies (30) PRD 27 PAN 3 Federal Senators P. There is also a Cuauhtémoc station on the Mexico City metro.
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