Chimalpopoca is identified by some sources as a son of the

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

, not be confused with an earlier

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

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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. Aztec nobility Moctezuma family 15th-century indigenous people of the Americas 16th-century indigenous people of the Americas 16th-century Mexican people 1480s births 1520s deaths Year of death unknown 1500s in the Aztec civilization 1510s in the Aztec civilization 1520s in the Aztec civilization {{Mesoamerica-stub Nobility of the Americas