Chimalpopoca was an Aztec nobleman. He is identified by some sources as a son of the

Tlatoani ''Tlahtoāni'' ( , "ruler, sovereign"; plural ' ) is a historical title used by the dynastic rulers of (singular ''āltepētl'', often translated into English as "city-state"), autonomous political entities formed by many pre-Columbian Nahuatl- ...

Moctezuma II Moctezuma Xocoyotzin . ( – 29 June 1520), retroactively referred to in European sources as Moctezuma II, and often simply called Montezuma,Other variant spellings include Moctezuma, Motewksomah, Motecuhzomatzin, Moteuczoma, Motecuhzoma, Motē ...

, not be confused with an earlier

Aztec The Aztecs ( ) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the Post-Classic stage, post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different Indigenous peoples of Mexico, ethnic groups of central ...

ruler of the same name. According to some authors he was taken out of

Tenochtitlan , also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was a large Mexican in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th annivers ...

as a prisoner with other

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men by the

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during the Noche Triste, when he was killed being struck with a bolt from a crossbow.León-Portilla, M. 1992, ''The

Broken Spears ''The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico'' (Spanish title: ''Visión de los vencidos: Relaciones indígenas de la conquista''; lit. "Vision of the Defeated: Indigenous relations of the conquest") is a book by Mexican histo ...

: The Aztec Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico.'' Boston: Beacon Press,

References

*Orozco y Berra, Manuel; ''Historia'' ''Antigua y de la Conquista de México'';

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, 1888. Volume IV, pp 445 and 446. *González-Obregón, Luis; ''Las Calles de México''; Ciudad de México, 1992. Page 6. 16th-century Aztec nobility Moctezuma family 16th-century Mexican people 1480s births 1520s deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain {{Mesoamerica-stub