title: Tlaltecatzin
text: # Tlaltecatzin
  
  Tlaltecatzin, according to some sources, was a son of the Aztec tlatoani Moctezuma II. In the Noche Triste ("Night of Sorrows"), the Spanish took him out of Tenochtitlan as a prisoner with other Aztec noblemen, also prisoners, including his brother Chimalpopoca. The Aztecs attacked the Spanish party, and both Tlaltecatzin and Chimalpopoca were killed.
  
  According to another source, Tlaltecatzin was a Tepanec prince who guided the Spaniards, and was killed on the Night of $Sorrows.^{:87}$
  
  