  cuitlÃ¡huac () (c. 1476 &ndash; 1520)for year of birth, see entry for "cuitlahuac", dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique (wimmer 2006). or cuitlÃ¡huac (in spanish orthography; in ,wimmer (2006). honorific form cuitlahuatzin) was the 10th tlatoani (ruler) of the aztec city of tenochtitlan for 80 days during the year two flint (1520).chimalpahin (1997): pp. 56â57, 164â165, 216â217. cuitlÃ¡huac was the eleventh son of the ruler axayacatl and a younger brother of moctezuma ii, the previous ruler of tenochtitlan.chimalpahin (1997): pp. 148â151. his mother's father, also called cuitlahuac, had been ruler of iztapalapa,chimalpahin (1997): pp. 42â43. and the younger cuitlÃ¡huac also ruled there initially.chimalpahin (1997): pp. 50â51. cuitlÃ¡huac was made tlatoani of tenochtitlan during the spanish conquest of mexico; after pedro de alvarado had ordered the massacre in the main temple, the aztecs were very upset and started to fight and put a siege to the spaniards. hernÃ¡n cortÃ©s ordered moctezuma to ask his people to stop fighting. moctezuma told him that they would not listen to him and suggested cortÃ©s free cuitlÃ¡huac so that he could convince them to dispose of their arms and not fight anymore. cortÃ©s then freed cuitlÃ¡huac and once cuitlÃ¡huac was free he led his people against the conquistadors. he succeeded and the spaniards were driven out of tenochtitlan on june 30, 1520. cuitlÃ¡huac was ritually married to moctezuma's eldest daughter, a ten- or eleven-year-old girl who later was called isabel moctezuma.chipman, donald e. (2005). moctezuma's children: aztec royalty under spanish rule, 1520â1700. austin: university of texas press, pp. 40-41 isbn 0-292-70628-6. oclc 5713428 after having ruled for just 80 days, cuitlÃ¡huac died of smallpox that had been introduced to the new world by the europeans. his elder brother matlatzincatzin, who had been cihuacoatl ("preside
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