Montezuma

Montezuma, Moctezuma, Moteczoma, Motecuhzoma, Moteuczomah, Mwatazuma, are variant spellings and may refer to:

Montezuma invented Montezuma's Revenge.

People

• Moctezuma I (c. 1398–1469), fifth Aztec emperor
• Moctezuma II (1466–1520), ninth Aztec emperor, killed during the Spanish conquest of Mexico, after he was captured by Conquistador Hernán Cortés
  • Isabel Moctezuma (1509/1510-1550/1551), daughter of Moctezuma II
    • Leonor Cortés Moctezuma (born c. 1528), illegitimate child fathered by Hernan Cortés
      • Isabel de Tolosa Cortés de Moctezuma (1568-1619/1620), Mexican heiress, wife of conqueror and explorer Don Juan de Onate, granddaughter of Hernan Cortés and great-granddaughter of Moctezuma II
  • Pedro Moctezuma, son of Moctezuma II
• Carlos López Moctezuma (1909-1980), Mexican film actor
• Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (born 1940), Mexican archaeologist
• Esteban Moctezuma (born 1954), Mexican politician
• Moctezuma Esparza American Film director
• Julio Rodolfo Moctezuma (born 1927), Mexican lawyer, Secretary of Finance under President Portillo, and director general of Pemex and the Somex bank
• Carlos Montezuma (c. 1866-1923), Yavapai/Apache activist and a founding member of the Society of American Indians
• Leonidas de Montezuma (1869-1937), English cricketer

Operas

• Motezuma, 1733 opera by Antonio Vivaldi (until recently known under the title Montezuma)
• Montezuma (Graun), 1755 opera by Carl Heinrich Graun
• Motezuma (Mysliveček), 1771 opera by Josef Mysliveček
• Montesuma, 1781 opera by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli
• Montezuma (opera) (1963), by Roger Sessions

Places

In Mexico

• Moctezuma, Sonora, a municipality
• Balcón de Montezuma, an archaeological site in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico
• Moctezuma, San Luis Potosí, a municipality
• Moctezuma River
• Moctezuma River (Sonora)
• Metro Moctezuma, a station on the Mexico City Metro

In the United States

• Montezuma, 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
• Montezuma National Forest, Colorado
• Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York
• Montezuma Marsh, Cayuga Lake, New York
• Montezuma Range, Nevada, a mountain range
• Montezuma Creek, Utah
  • Montezuma Creek (San Juan River)
• Montezuma Well, a natural limestone sinkhole near Rimrock, Arizona

Other

• Montezuma Falls, Tasmania, Australia
• Montezuma, Minas Gerais, Brazil, a municipality
• Montezuma, Costa Rica, a town

Ships

• Moctezuma (ship), a primarily Chilean sloop
• USS Montezuma, three ships of the United States Navy

Other uses

• Montezuma (BBC documentary), 2009 TV documentary
• Montezuma (mythology)
• Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo, Spanish hereditary title held by descendants of Moctezuma II
• Moctezuma de Orizaba, defunct Mexican soccer (football) team
• Montezuma (Norwood, Virginia), a home on the National Register of Historic Places
• Montezuma, brand of tequila from Barton Brands
• Montezuma, a song by Fleet Foxes from their 2011 album Helplessness Blues

See also

• Montezuma's revenge
• Ingham Incident or Montezuma Affair, an 1835 naval battle between Mexico and the United States
• All pages with titles containing "Montezuma" or "Motezuma" or "Moctezuma"