Cuauhtémoc

For ither uises, see Cuauhtémoc (disambiguation).

Cuauhtémoc (Nahuatl pronunciation: [kʷaːʍˈtemoːk], kwauˈtemok  kent as Cuauhtemotzin, Guatimozin or Guatemoc an aw; c. 1495) wis the 11t an feenal Aztec emperor, an the Aztec ruler (tlatoani) o Tenochtitlan frae 1520 tae 1521. The name Cuāuhtemōc means "Ane That Haes Descendit Like an Eagle", commonly rendered in Scots as "Descendin Eagle" as in the moment when a eagle faulds its wings an plummets doun tae strike its prey, so this is a name that implees aggressiveness an determination.

Cuauhtémoc
11t Tlatoani o Tenochtitlan Ruler o the Aztec Triple Alliance
Bust o Cuauhtémoc in el Zócalo, Mexico Ceety.
Ring	1520–1521
Predecessor	Cuitlahuac
Successor	Tlacotzin
Born	Circa 1495
Dee'd	28 Februar 1525 (aged 29–30)
Faither	Ahuitzotl
Mither	Tlilancapatl

Freemit airtins

•  "Cuauhtemotzín" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.

Precedit bi Cuitláhuac

Tlatoani o Tenochtitlan 1520–1521

Succeedit bi Diego Velázquez Tlacotzin