Cuitláhuac

Cuitláhuac ( Nahuatl for dried feces; * 1470, † 1520) was from June to October 1520 ruler of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.

Cuitláhuac was the eleventh son of the ruler and the ruler of Axayacatl Iztapaplapa. He was succeeded by his brother Moctezuma II, who had been captured by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. Cuitláhuac commanded the Aztec troops at the Battle of 30 June 1520 from the Aztecs emerged victorious, and that was La Noche Triste by the Spaniards, " the sad night " called. However, due to the technical superiority of the Spanish arms was this victory of the Aztecs, a dearly bought Pyrrhic victory: 400 fallen Spaniards were compared with several thousand killed Aztecs.

During the Spanish siege of Tenochtitlan Cuitláhuac died of entrained by the Spaniards smallpox. His cousin Cuauhtémoc followed him on the throne.

In Veracruz, a municipality is named after Cuitláhuac, and in the metro of Mexico City there are in Miguel Hidalgo, a stop of his name.