Montezuma

Montezuma or Moctezuma may refer to:

People

• Moctezuma I (1398–1469), the second Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan
• Moctezuma II (c. 1460–1520), ninth Aztec emperor
  • Pedro Moctezuma, a son of Montezuma II
  • Isabel Moctezuma (1509/1510–1550/1551), a daughter of Montezuma II
    • Leonor Cortés Moctezuma (c. 1528–?), daughter of Hernán Cortés and Isabel Montezuma
      • Isabel de Tolosa Cortés de Moctezuma (1568–1619/1620), Mexican heiress, great-granddaughter of Montezuma II
• Duke of Moctezuma de Tultengo, a Spanish hereditary title held by descendants of Moctezuma II
• Carlos Montezuma (c. 1860–1923), Yavapai/Apache Native American activist
• Carlos López Moctezuma (1909–1980), Mexican film actor
• Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (born 1940), Mexican archaeologist
• Esteban Moctezuma (born 1954), Mexican politician
• Julio Rodolfo Moctezuma (1927–2000), Mexican lawyer, politician and banker
• Leonidas de Montezuma (1869–1937), English cricketer
• Moctesuma Esparza (born 1949), American film director
• Moctezuma Serrato (born 1976), Mexican football player
• Montezuma Fuller (1858–1926), American architect

Places

Mexico

• Moctezuma, Sonora, a municipality
• Moctezuma, San Luis Potosí, a municipality
• Moctezuma River
• Moctezuma River (Sonora)
• Moctezuma metro station, a station on the Mexico City Metro
• Moctezuma (Mexico City Metrobús, Line 4), a BRT station in Mexico City
• Moctezuma (Mexico City Metrobús, Line 5), a BRT station in Mexico City

United States

Inhabited places

• Montezuma, Tuolumne County, California, a ghost town
• Montezuma Hills, California
• Montezuma, Colorado, a Statutory Town
• Montezuma County, Colorado
• Montezuma, Georgia, a city
• Montezuma Township, Pike County, Illinois
• Montezuma, Indiana, a town
• Montezuma, Iowa, a city
• Montezuma Township, Gray County, Kansas
  • Montezuma, Kansas, a city
• Montezuma, New Mexico, an unincorporated community
• Montezuma, New York, a town
• Montezuma, North Carolina, an unincorporated community
• Montezuma, Ohio, a village
• Montezuma, Virginia, an unincorporated community

Buildings

• Montezuma (Norwood, Virginia), a home on the National Register of Historic Places
• Montezuma Castle (hotel), Las Vegas, New Mexico

Natural formations

• Montezuma Creek (Utah), a creek in Utah
• Montezuma Marsh, Cayuga Lake, New York
• Montezuma National Forest, Colorado
• Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, New York
• Montezuma Peak, a mountain in Arizona
• Montezuma Range, Nevada, a mountain range
• Montezuma Well, a natural limestone sinkhole near Rimrock, Arizona

Other countries

• Montezuma, Minas Gerais, Brazil
• Montezuma, Costa Rica
• Montezuma Falls, Tasmania, Australia

Music

• Montezuma, hero of a 1695 semi-opera The Indian Queen by Henry Purcell
• Motezuma, a 1733 opera by Antonio Vivaldi (until recently known under the title Montezuma)
• Montezuma (Graun), a 1755 opera by Carl Heinrich Graun
• Motezuma, a 1765 opera by Gian Francesco de Majo
• Motezuma (Mysliveček), a 1771 opera by Josef Mysliveček
• Montezuma, a 1775 opera by Antonio Sacchini
• Montezuma, a 1780 opera by Giacomo Insanguine
• Montesuma, a 1781 opera by Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli
• Montezuma, by Ignaz von Seyfried (1804)
• Montezuma, an 1884 opera by Frederick Grant Gleason
• Montezuma (Sessions opera), a 1963 opera by Roger Sessions
• Montezuma, or La Conquista, a 2005 opera by Lorenzo Ferrero
• Montezuma, a 1980 film score by Hans Werner Henze
• "Montezuma", a song from the 1994 album Apurimac II by Cusco
• "Montezuma", a song from the 2011 album Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes

Ships

• Montezuma  (ship)
• USS Montezuma, three ships of the United States Navy
• SS Montezuma, launched 1899, later RFA Abadol and RFA Oakleaf

Other uses

• Montezuma (TV programme), a 2009 British documentary
• Montezuma (mythology), in the mythology of certain Amerindian tribes of the Southwest United States
• U.D. Moctezuma de Orizaba, a defunct Mexican football team
• Montezuma, a brand of tequila by Barton Brands

See also

• All pages with titles containing "Montezuma" or "Motezuma" or "Moctezuma"
• Montezuma Affair, an 1835 naval battle between Mexico and the US
• Montezuma's revenge (disambiguation)
• Halls of Montezuma (disambiguation)
• Montezuma leopard frog, a species of frog
• Montezuma oropendola, a species of bird
• Montezuma, a synonym of the plant genus Thespesia
• Montezuma pine, a species of conifer