Xicotencatl II
Xicoténcatl the Younger ( † 1521 near Texcoco, Valley of Mexico ) was at the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, a high military leader of Tlaxcaltecs. He was the son of the cacique Xicoténcatl.
After their arrival in Mexico in 1519, the Spaniards marched under Hernán Cortés inland to Tenochtitlan. When they came in the controlled area of the Tlaxcalans, they were attacked by these under the command of Xicoténcatl the Elder and his son the on 4 September. The fighting continued the Spaniards too much, which is why they repeatedly asked for peace. In addition, they sought an alliance with the Tlaxcalans against the Aztecs. Because of their Verbündteten the Spaniards had learned of the deep enmity between the Tlaxcalans and the Aztecs.
Finally, the cacique of Tlaxcala agreed to receive Spanish ambassador. However, there ultimately closed peace met stubborn resistance from Xicoténcatl the Younger, as he gave a victory for sure. He opposed himself to his father's instruction to submit to, and retired with a group of warriors to plan a new attack on the Spanish.
A few days after the conclusion of peace sent Xicoténcatl the Younger carrier with gifts, but had orders to scout the camp of the Spaniards. Since the spies but relatively long remained in the camp, Hernán Cortés became suspicious. He let the spies to arrest and interrogate what they stood their job. Then he let mutilate some of them and sent them back to Xicoténcatl, which had no choice but to comply for the time being his father's instructions. This then even closed an alliance with the Spaniards against Moctezuma II.
While his father always supported the Spaniards with warriors, Xicoténcatl remained the Younger idle. After the Spaniards flee with heavy losses from Tenochtitlán after several months stay in the Noche Triste and had retreated to Tlaxcala, Xicoténcatl again began to resist. He called on the residents of Tlaxcala open to fight on, but he was arrested at the instigation of his father and several other caciques, bound and presented. Although the incident ended in a violent dispute, he was later released again.
In the spring of 1521 took the Spaniards, who had received reinforcements, an expedition to Lake Texcoco. To support ever came a warrior group of Cholula and one from Tlaxcala, the latter under the command of Xicoténcatl the Younger. But as the corps arrived at the Spaniards, they had to find that he had settled secretly in the night to Tlaxcala. After a last unsuccessful negotiation Cortés had him arrested and put in a village near Texcoco, where he was executed. According to Bernal Díaz del Castillo, the older Xicoténcatl should even itself Cortés have advised.