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Aztec prince, son of Moctezuma II
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Tlaltecatzin, according to some sources, was a son of the Aztec tlatoani Moctezuma II.In the Noche Triste, Night of Sorrows, he was taken out of Tenochtitlán as a prisoner with other Aztec noble men, also prisoners, one of them was his brother Chimalpopoca. The Aztecs killed Montezuma’s sons Chimalpopoca, Tlaltecatzin.
According to another source, Tlaltecatzin was a Tepanec prince who guided the Spaniards under Hernán Cortés, and was killed on the Night of Sorrows.