Question: who was the final ruler of the aztec before the empire fell to the spanish
Answer: Late January -- Cuauhtemoc elected huey tlatoani of Tenochtitlan February -- combined Spanish - Tlaxalan - Texcocan forces attack Xaltocan and Tlacopan ; Texcoco become the base of operations for the campaign against Tenochtitlan Early April -- attacks against Yautepec and Cuernavaca , following by sacking Mid-April -- Combined forces defeated by the Xochimilcans , Tenochtitlan 's ally Late April -- Construction of 13 shallow - bottomed brigrantines by Tlaxalan laborers under Spanish supervision ; mounted with cannon ; launched into