In 1519 Hernan Cortés sailed from Cuba ... Speeches of Motecuhzoma and Cortés When Motecuhzoma [Montezuma] had given necklaces to each one, Cortés asked him: "Are you Motecuhzoma? Are you the king? Is ...

When the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortes arrived in the city of Tenochtitlan, in what is now Mexico City, the Mexican empire was ruled by the Tlatoani Moctezuma II or Moctezuma Xocoyotzin.