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Moctezuma Xocoyotzin^{[N.B. 1]} (c.&#; – 29 June ), retroactively referred to in European sources as Moctezuma II,^{[N.B. 2]} was the ninth emperor of the Aztec Empire (also known as the Mexica Empire),^[1] reigning from or to Through his marriage with Queen Tlapalizquixochtzin of Ecatepec, one of his two wives, he was also the king consort of that altepetl.

The first contact between the indigenous civilizations of Mesoamerica and Europeans took place during his reign. He was killed during the initial stages of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire when Hernán Cortés, the Spanish conquistador, and his men seized the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. During his reign, the Aztec Empire reached its greatest size. Through warfare, Moctezuma expanded the territory as far south as Xoconosco in Chiapas and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and incorporated the Zapotec and Yopi people into the empire. He changed Jose motecuhzoma biography in the philippines.