When the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortes arrived in the city of Tenochtitlan, in what is now Mexico City, the Mexican empire was ruled by the Tlatoani Moctezuma II or Moctezuma Xocoyotzin.

In 1519 Hernan Cortés sailed from Cuba ... Speeches of Motecuhzoma and Cortés When Motecuhzoma [Montezuma] had given necklaces to each one, Cortés asked him: "Are you Motecuhzoma? Are you the king? Is ...

It could be described as a conquistador epic, set in 1519 as Hernán Cortes' troops are supposedly welcomed by Aztec lord Moctezuma in Tenochtitlan. It centers, however, on the figure of Malinche ...

On Nov. 8, 1519, Cortés and his soldiers entered Tenochtitlan, the Aztec name for the capital, and met Aztec emperor Moctezuma in a place known as Huitzilan, just in front of the present-day ...