- with Hernán Cortés
during the
Spanish conquest of the
Aztec Empire.
Maxixcatzin was
instrumental in
forming the
alliance between Tlaxcallan and the Spanish...
-
killed or wounded, and they
sought a
peace treaty with the Tlaxcaltecs.
Maxixcatzin, the
ruler of Ocotelolco, was in
favour of
allying with the Spaniards...
-
realizing the
Spanish were
enemies of Moctezuma,
Xicotencatl the
Elder and
Maxixcatzin persuaded the
Tlaxcalan warleader,
Xicotencatl the Younger, that it would...
-
conquered in his name. In 1534,
Charles accepted a
personal audience with
Maxixcatzin, a
nobleman from
Tlaxcala who
demanded and
received several special privileges...
-
realizing the
Spanish were
enemies of Moctezuma,
Xicotencatl the
Elder and
Maxixcatzin persuaded the
Tlaxcalan warleader,
Xicotencatl the Younger, that it would...
-
Aztec Empire and
other conquests, in 1534 the
governor of Tlaxcala,
Maxixcatzin,
demanded and was
granted a
personal audience with the King of Spain...
-
would probably have not survived, had not
Xicotencatl the
Elder and
Maxixcatzin persuaded Xicotencatl the
Younger – the
Tlaxcalteca warleader – that...
- Cortés and the
cause of the Conquest. Cortés gave Juan the
daughter of
Maxixcatzin,
baptized as Doña Elvira,
after the Tlaxcallan's made
peace with the...
- 1550. Hernán Cortés
placed a
cross here
along with
indigenous leaders Maxixcatzin and Xicohtencatl.
There are
still fragments of
murals depicting the baptism...
-
preserves a
Baroque altarpiece with a
depiction of the
baptism of the Lord
Maxixcatzin, with Hernán Cortés and
Malinche as godparents. A bit later, the Basilica...
