Cuauhtémoc
1495 CE–1525 CE · Tenochtitlan
Cuauhtémoc, a son of Ahuitzotl, became the eleventh and last independent tlatoani of Tenochtitlan in 1520. He led the Mexica through the long Spanish siege of 1521, defending the capital until its fall in August of that year. Taken prisoner, he was carried along on Cortés's later expedition to Honduras and put to death in 1525; he is remembered as the final emperor of the Mexica.
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Cuauhtémoc became tlatoani of Tenochtitlan around 1520 and led the city's defense through the roughly three-month Spanish-led siege until its fall on 13 August 1521, when he was captured attempting to withdraw across the lake.
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