Montezuma or Moctezuma may refer to:

People

Moctezuma I Moctezuma I (–1469), also known as Moteuczomatzin Ilhuicamina (), Huehuemoteuczoma or Montezuma I ( nci, Motēuczōma Ilhuicamīna , nci, Huēhuemotēuczōma ), was the second Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan. During his reign, the ...

(1398–1469), the second Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan *

Moctezuma II Moctezuma Xocoyotzin ( – 29 June 1520; oteːkˈsoːmaḁ ʃoːkoˈjoːt͡sĩn̥), nci-IPA, Motēuczōmah Xōcoyōtzin, moteːkʷˈsoːma ʃoːkoˈjoːtsin variant spellings include Motewksomah, Motecuhzomatzin, Montezuma, Moteuczoma, Motecu ...

(c. 1460–1520), ninth Aztec emperor **

Pedro Moctezuma Don Pedro (de) Moctezuma Tlacahuepan Ihualicahuaca was a son of the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II and María Miyahuaxochtzin, the daughter of Ixtlilcuecahuacatzin, ruler of Tollan. The Counts and later Dukes of Moctezuma de Tultengo are descended ...

, a son of Montezuma II **

Isabel Moctezuma Doña Isabel Moctezuma (born Tecuichpoch Ichcaxochitzin; 1509/1510 – 1550/1551) was a daughter of the Aztec ruler Moctezuma II. She was the consort of Atlixcatzin, a tlacateccatl, and of the Aztec emperors Cuitlahuac, and Cuauhtemoc and as su ...

(1509/1510–1550/1551), a daughter of Montezuma II ***

Leonor Cortés Moctezuma Doña Leonor Cortés Moctezuma (born c. 1528 – died before 1594) was the out-of-wedlock daughter of Hernán Cortés, conquistador of Mexico, and Doña Isabel Moctezuma the eldest daughter of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II. She was acknowledged ...

(c. 1528–?), daughter of Hernán Cortés and Isabel Montezuma ****

Isabel de Tolosa Cortés de Moctezuma Doña Isabel de Tolosa Cortés de Moctezuma (1568 – 1619/1620), was a wealthy Mexican heiress and the wife of conqueror and explorer Don Juan de Oñate who led an expedition in 1598 and founded the first Spanish settlement in what is now the stat ...

(1568–1619/1620), Mexican heiress, great-granddaughter of Montezuma II *

Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo ( es, Duque de Moctezuma de Tultengo) is a hereditary title of Spanish nobility held by a line of descendants of Emperor Moctezuma II, the ninth ''Tlatoani'', or ruler, of Tenochtitlan. Since 1766, the title has b ...

, a Spanish hereditary title held by descendants of Moctezuma II *

Carlos Montezuma Carlos Montezuma or Wassaja (c. 1866 – January 31, 1923) was a Yavapai- Apache Native American, activist and a founding member of the Society of American Indians. His birth name, Wassaja, means "Signaling" or "Beckoning" in his native tongue. ...

(c. 1860–1923), Yavapai/Apache Native American activist *

Carlos López Moctezuma Carlos López Moctezuma Pineda (19 November 1909 – 14 July 1980) was a Mexican film actor. He appeared in more than 210 films between 1938 and 1980. He starred in the film ''Happiness'', which was entered into the 7th Berlin Internation ...

(1909–1980), Mexican film actor *

Eduardo Matos Moctezuma Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (born December 11, 1940) is a Mexican archaeologist. From 1978 to 1982 he directed excavations at the Templo Mayor, the remains of a major Aztec pyramid in central Mexico City. Matos Moctezuma graduated with a m ...

(born 1940), Mexican archaeologist *

Esteban Moctezuma Esteban Moctezuma Barragán (born 21 October 1954 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician formerly affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and is currently a member of MORENA. He is a former Senator and served as Secretary of ...

(born 1954), Mexican politician *

Julio Rodolfo Moctezuma Julio Rodolfo Moctezuma Cid (March 24, 1927 – August 4, 2000) was a Mexican lawyer who served as the first Secretary of Finance (1976–77) in the cabinet of President José López Portillo, as director-general of Pemex (1981–82) and as di ...

(1927–2000), Mexican lawyer, politician and banker *

Leonidas de Montezuma Leonidas de Toledo Marcondes de Montezuma (16 April 1869 – 18 March 1937) was an English cricketer and allround sportsman who also competed as a cyclist. Life De Montezuma was born at Crowborough, Sussex, the sixth of nine children. His pa ...

(1869–1937), English cricketer *

Moctesuma Esparza Moctesuma Esparza (born March 12, 1949) is an American producer, entertainment executive, entrepreneur and community activist. Moctesuma Esparza is well known for his contributions to the movie industry and commitment to creating opportunities ...

(born 1949), American film director *

Moctezuma Serrato Moctezuma Serrato Salinas (born 14 September 1976) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Serrato was a product of the San Luis F.C. youth system. He joined the senior side and helped the club gain promotion ...

(born 1976), Mexican football player *

Montezuma Fuller Montezuma Fuller (1858–1925) was an American architect. He was the "most notable architect in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries" of Fort Collins, Colorado. and He was born November 13, 1858, in Nova Scotia. In 1880 he came t ...

(1858–1926), American architect

Places

Mexico

Moctezuma, Sonora Moctezuma is a ''municipio'' (municipality) of the Mexican state of Sonora, located in the state's central region. It is also the name of its largest settlement and ''cabecera municipal'' (municipal seat). Area and population The municipal area ...

, a municipality *

Moctezuma, San Luis Potosí Moctezuma, San Luis Potosí is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí in central Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is ...

, a municipality *

Moctezuma River The Moctezuma River (Río Moctezuma) is a river in Mexico that drains the eastern side of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (Sierra Nevada). It is a tributary of the Pánuco River and flows through the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Querétaro, and San ...

Moctezuma River (Sonora) The Moctezuma River (Sonora) is a river of Mexico. See also *List of rivers of Mexico This is a list of rivers of Mexico, listed from north to south. There are 246 rivers on this list. Alternate names for rivers are given in parentheses. Rivers ...

* Moctezuma metro station, a station on the Mexico City Metro *

Moctezuma (Mexico City Metrobús, Line 4) Montezuma or Moctezuma may refer to: People * Moctezuma I (1398–1469), the second Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan * Moctezuma II (c. 1460–1520), ninth Aztec emperor ** Pedro Moctezuma, a son of Montezuma II ** Isabel Moctezum ...

, a BRT station in Mexico City *

Moctezuma (Mexico City Metrobús, Line 5) Montezuma or Moctezuma may refer to: People * Moctezuma I (1398–1469), the second Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan * Moctezuma II (c. 1460–1520), ninth Aztec emperor ** Pedro Moctezuma, a son of Montezuma II ** Isabel Moctezum ...

, a BRT station in Mexico City

United States

Inhabited places

* Montezuma, Arizona, an unincorporated community *

Montezuma, California Montezuma is a former hamlet and township in Solano County, California, located in the California Delta region of the state; the township, which embraced the hamlet, and several other places, such as Bird's Landing—which still exists—inc ...

, a ghost town *

Montezuma Hills The Montezuma Hills comprise a small range of low-elevation hills at the northern banks of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta and southwestern Sacramento Valley in California in the United States. Geography The Montezuma Hills are located in ...

, California *

Montezuma, Colorado The Town of Montezuma is a statutory town located in eastern Summit County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 65 at 2010 United States Census. The town is a former mining camp that sits at an elevation of , just west of the Co ...

, a Statutory Town *

Montezuma County, Colorado Montezuma County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,849. The county seat is Cortez. Mesa Verde National Park, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Yucca House National Mo ...

Montezuma, Georgia Montezuma is a city in Macon County, Georgia ( ZIP code ''31063''). The population was 3,460 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 13.5% since 2000. It is home to the armory of Bravo Company, 648th Engineers of the Georgia Army National Guard. Histo ...

, a city *

Montezuma Township, Pike County, Illinois Montezuma Township is located in Pike County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Loui ...

Montezuma, Indiana Montezuma is a town in Reserve Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,022 at the 2010 census. It is located approximately 66 miles west of Indianapolis History Montezuma was laid out in about 1824. The town wa ...

, a town *

Montezuma, Iowa Montezuma is a city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,442 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Poweshiek County. Geography Montezuma's longitude and latitude coordinates in decimal form are 41.58 ...

, a city *

Montezuma Township, Gray County, Kansas Montezuma Township is a township in Gray County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,625. Geography Montezuma Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, Montezuma. According to the USGS, i ...

Montezuma, Kansas Montezuma is a city in Gray County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 975. History Montezuma was founded in 1879, and relocated in 1912 to the Santa Fe Railroad. It was named for Moctezuma II, ruler ...

, a city *

Montezuma, New Mexico Montezuma is an unincorporated community in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. It is located approximately five miles northwest of the city of Las Vegas. The town was best known for many years for its natural hot springs, and was in fa ...

, an unincorporated community *

Montezuma, New York Montezuma is a town in Cayuga County, New York, United States. The population was 1,277 at the 2010 census. Located along the Seneca River, the Town is at the western border of Cayuga County and is northwest of Auburn. The Erie Canal was built ...

, a town *

Montezuma, North Carolina Montezuma is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. Before its founding in 1883, it had two variant names, Aaron and Bull Scrape. The community is located on Old State Highway 181 and is on the Eastern Continen ...

, an unincorporated community *

Montezuma, Ohio Montezuma is a village in Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The population was 152 at the 2020 census. History Montezuma was laid out and platted in 1835. The village was named after Montezuma of Mexico. A post office has been in operation a ...

, a village *

Montezuma, Virginia Montezuma is an unincorporated community located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Geography It is located northwest of Bridgewater Bridgewater or Bridgwater may refer to: Companies * Bridgewater Associates, global inv ...

, an unincorporated community

Buildings

Montezuma (Norwood, Virginia) Montezuma, also referred to as Spring Hill, is a historic home located near Norwood, Nelson County, Virginia. It was erected around 1790, and is a notable example of Piedmont Virginia Federal architecture. It has a two-story main block with a - ...

, a home on the National Register of Historic Places * Montezuma Castle (hotel), Las Vegas, New Mexico

Natural formations

Montezuma Creek (Utah) Montezuma Creek is a tributary of the San Juan River. The stream is approximately longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 and is a seasonal river, becoming dr ...

, a creek in Utah *

Montezuma Marsh Montezuma Marsh is a marsh at the northern end of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York. Much of the marsh is part of the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, which is a major point on the route of many migratory birds, such as Canada ...

, Cayuga Lake, New York *

Montezuma National Forest Montezuma National Forest was established as the Montezuma Forest Reserve by the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado on June 13, 1905 with . It became a National Forest on March 4, 1907. On July 1, 1908 part of Ouray National Forest was added. On July ...

, Colorado *

Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, encompassing part of the Montezuma Swamp at the north end of Cayuga Lake. The preserve is composed of swamps, pools and channels an ...

, New York * Montezuma Range, Nevada, a mountain range *

Montezuma Well Montezuma Well ( yuf-x-yav, ʼHakthkyayva), a detached unit of Montezuma Castle National Monument, is a natural limestone sinkhole near the town of Lake Montezuma, Arizona, through which some of water emerge each day from an underground sp ...

, a natural limestone sinkhole near Rimrock, Arizona

Other countries

Montezuma, Minas Gerais , motto = pt, União, Ordem e Progresso (''Union, Order and Progress'') , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_flag = , image_seal = File:Brasaomontezuma.j ...

, Brazil *

Montezuma, Costa Rica Montezuma is a town in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica which began as a remote fishing village and has gained popularity since the 1980s among tourists on a budget. Montezuma is located near the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, southwest of ...

Montezuma Falls The Montezuma Falls (formerly Osbourne Falls), a horsetail waterfall on a minor tributary to the Pieman River, is located on the West Coast Range of Tasmania, Australia. Naming The falls draws its name from Montezuma (1466-1520), an Aztec emper ...

, Tasmania, Australia

Music

* Montezuma, hero of a 1695 semi-opera '' The Indian Queen'' by Henry Purcell * ''

Motezuma ''Motezuma'', RV 723, is an opera in three acts by Antonio Vivaldi with an Italian libretto by Alvise Giusti. The libretto is very loosely based on the life of the Aztec ruler Montezuma who died in 1520. The first performance was given in the ...

'', a 1733 opera by Antonio Vivaldi (until recently known under the title ''Montezuma'') * ''Montezuma'' (Graun), a 1755 opera by Carl Heinrich Graun * ''Motezuma'', a 1765 opera by

Gian Francesco de Majo Gian Francesco de Majo (24 March 1732 – 17 November 1770) was an Italian composer. He is best known for his more than 20 operas. He also composed a considerable amount of sacred works, including oratorios, cantatas, and masses. Life and ...

* ''Motezuma'' (Mysliveček), a 1771 opera by Josef Mysliveček * ''Montezuma'', a 1775 opera by

Antonio Sacchini Antonio Maria Gasparo Gioacchino Sacchini (14 June 1730 – 6 October 1786) was an Italian composer, best known for his operas. Sacchini was born in Florence, but raised in Naples, where he received his musical education. He made a name for hi ...

* ''Montezuma'', a 1780 opera by

Giacomo Insanguine Giacomo Antonio Francesco Paolo Michele Insanguine (also called ''Giacomo Monopoli'' after his birthplace Monopoli; 22 March 1728 – 1 February 1795) was an Italian composer, organist, and music educator. He was the last director (primo maestr ...

* ''Montesuma'', a 1781 opera by

Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (; 4 April 1752 – 5 May 1837) was an Italian composer, chiefly of opera. Life Early career Zingarelli was born in Naples, where he studied (from the age of 7) at the Santa Maria di Loreto Conservatory under Fena ...

* ''Montezuma'', by

Ignaz von Seyfried Ignaz Xaver, Ritter von Seyfried (15 August 1776 – 27 August 1841) was an Austrian musician, conductor and composer. He was born and died in Vienna. According to a statement in his handwritten memoirs he was a pupil of both Wolfgang Amadeus Mo ...

(1804) * ''Montezuma'', an 1884 opera by

Frederick Grant Gleason Frederick Grant Gleason (born 17 December 1848 in Middletown, Connecticut - died Chicago, 6 December 1903) was an American composer, and director of the Chicago Conservatory from 1900 to 1903. Gleason's father was a banker. Like many other well ...

* ''Montezuma'' (Sessions opera), a 1963 opera by Roger Sessions * ''Montezuma'', or ''

La Conquista Spain began colonizing the Americas under the Crown of Castile and was spearheaded by the Spanish . The Americas were invaded and incorporated into the Spanish Empire, with the exception of Brazil, British America, and some small regions ...

'', a 2005 opera by Lorenzo Ferrero * ''Montezuma'', a 1980 film score by Hans Werner Henze * "Montezuma", a song from the 1994 album ''

Apurimac II ''Apurímac II: Return to Ancient America'' is an album by German andean new age band Cusco, released in 1994 on the Higher Octave music label. The album peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top New Age albums chart. It is second in the Apurímac seri ...

'' by Cusco * "Montezuma", a song from the 2011 album ''

Helplessness Blues ''Helplessness Blues'' is the second studio album by American band Fleet Foxes, released on May 3, 2011, by Sub Pop and Bella Union. The album received universal acclaim from critics, going on to be nominated for Best Folk Album for the 54th Gram ...

'' by Fleet Foxes

Ships

* , three ships of the United States Navy * ''Montezuma'' (1804 ship), later ''Moctezuma'' of the Chilean navy * , launched 1899, later RFA ''Abadol'' and RFA ''Oakleaf''

Other uses

* ''Montezuma'' (TV programme), a 2009 British documentary *

Montezuma (mythology) {{unreferenced, date=August 2020 Montezuma was the name of a heroic-god in the mythology of certain Amerindian tribes of the Southwest United States, notably the Tohono O'odham and Pueblo peoples — Also known as Aztec Emperors of the same name i ...

, in the mythology of certain Amerindian tribes of the Southwest United States *

U.D. Moctezuma de Orizaba Moctezuma de Orizaba was a Mexican football team that played in the '' Liga Mexicana de Football Amateur Association'' prior to the professionalization and development of the Mexican first division. The club was based in the city of Orizaba and ...

, a defunct Mexican football team * Montezuma, a brand of tequila by

Barton Brands Barton Brands, Ltd. was a company that produced a variety of distilled beverages and liqueurs and is now part of the Sazerac Company, which is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has its principal offices in Louisville, Kentucky. The Bar ...