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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Last Aztec emperor in Mexico (1502–1520). He was overthrown by the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés.
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- noun the last Aztec emperor in Mexico who was overthrown and killed by Hernando Cortes (1466-1520)
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Axayacatl was the father of Montezuma II, the ruler of the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish invasion and conquest in the 1520s.
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Their emperor was Montezuma II, who sent messengers to remonstrate against the advance of Cortés.
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