# Montezuma

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 Moctezuma (1509/1510–1550/1551), a daughter of Montezuma II
*** Leonor Cortés Moctezuma (c. 1528–?), daughter of Hernán Cortés and Isabel Montezuma
**** Isabel de Tolosa Cortés de Moctezuma (1568–1619/1620), Mexican heiress, great-granddaughter of Montezuma II
* Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo, a Spanish hereditary title held by descendants of Moctezuma II
* Carlos Montezuma (c. 1860–1923), Yavapai/Apache Native American activist
* Carlos López Moctezuma (1909–1980), Mexican film actor
* Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (born 1940), Mexican archaeologist
* Esteban Moctezuma (born 1954), Mexican politician
* Julio Rodolfo Moctezuma (1927–2000), Mexican lawyer, politician and banker
* Leonidas de Montezuma (1869–1937), English cricketer
* Moctesuma Esparza (born 1949), American film director
* Moctezuma Serrato (born 1976), Mexican football player
* Montezuma Fuller (1858–1926), American architect

## Places
### Mexico

* Moctezuma, Sonora, a municipality
* Moctezuma, San Luis Potosí, a municipality
* Moctezuma River
* Moctezuma River (Sonora)
* Moctezuma metro station, a station on the Mexico City Metro
* Moctezuma (Mexico City Metrobús, Line 4), a BRT station in Mexico City
* Moctezuma (Mexico City Metrobús, Line 5), a BRT station in Mexico City

### United States
#### Inhabited places

* Montezuma, Tuolumne County, California, a ghost town
* Montezuma Hills, California
* Montezuma, Colorado, a Statutory Town
* Montezuma County, Colorado
* Montezuma, Georgia, a city
* Montezuma Township, Pike County, Illinois
* Montezuma, Indiana, a town
* Montezuma, Iowa, a city
* Montezuma Township, Gray County, Kansas
** Montezuma, Kansas, a city
* Montezuma, New Mexico, an unincorporated community
* Montezuma, New York, a town
* Montezuma, North Carolina, an unincorporated community
* Montezuma, Ohio, a village
* Montezuma, Virginia, an unincorporated community

#### Buildings

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

#### Natural formations

* Montezuma Creek (Utah), a creek in Utah
* Montezuma Marsh, Cayuga Lake, New York
* Montezuma National Forest, Colorado
* Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York
* Montezuma Peak, a mountain in Arizona
* Montezuma Range, Nevada, a mountain range
* Montezuma Well, a natural limestone sinkhole near Rimrock, Arizona

### Other countries

* Montezuma, Minas Gerais, Brazil
* Montezuma, Costa Rica
* Montezuma Falls, Tasmania, Australia

## Music

* Montezuma, hero of a 1695 semi-opera The Indian Queen by Henry Purcell
* Motezuma, 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
* Motezuma (Mysliveček), a 1771 opera by Josef Mysliveček
* Montezuma, a 1775 opera by Antonio Sacchini
* Montezuma, a 1780 opera by Giacomo Insanguine
* Montesuma, a 1781 opera by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli
* Montezuma, by Ignaz von Seyfried (1804)
* Montezuma, an 1884 opera by Frederick Grant Gleason
* Montezuma (Sessions opera), a 1963 opera by Roger Sessions
* Montezuma, or La Conquista, a 2005 opera by Lorenzo Ferrero
* Montezuma, a 1980 film score by Hans Werner Henze
* "Montezuma", a song from the 1994 album Apurimac II by Cusco
* "Montezuma", a song from the 2011 album Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes

## Ships

* Montezuma (ship)
* USS Montezuma, three ships of the United States Navy
* SS Montezuma, launched 1899, later RFA Abadol and RFA Oakleaf

## Other uses

* Montezuma (TV programme), a 2009 British documentary
* Montezuma (mythology), in the mythology of certain Amerindian tribes of the Southwest United States
* U.D. Moctezuma de Orizaba, a defunct Mexican football team
* Montezuma, a brand of tequila by Barton Brands