History places Moctezuma and Hernán Cortés as the two most important characters of the time of the conquest of Mexico. The Spanish and the Mexican were two central axes in a series of events that forever changed the destiny of Mexico.
Although at first the relationship between the conquistador and the Tlatoani was quite fraternal, everything ended up going sour and the consequences were serious: The death of the Mexica emperor and the fall of the Great Tenochtitlán, the emblematic city that was settled in the center of Mexico. .
Few know that, after the murder of Tlatoani by her own people, the last Mexica princess was orphaned and later became one of the lovers of Hernán Cortés, with whom she even had a daughter who became one of the first beings. humans that resulted from the mixture of two very different worlds.
This was Isabel Moctezuma
The chronicles dating from those times are the sources that we have today to consult not only what it was like to live in Mexico during that chaotic time, but to know what the physical appearance of many of the most important characters in history was.
Such is the case of Moctezuma’s daughter, who when she was converted to Christianity received the name Isabel. This is how the chroniclers described her: “Her face is somewhat similar to that of the Castilians and her skin has an Indian hue; Her eyes were large, looking sad, and black; her aquiline nose, her small mouth. Let it be known that she has her heart on her lips, for such is her form and her love that she puts in all her sayings and words.”
The young woman, whose original name was Tecuichpo, never lost her status as Mexica nobility despite the fall of her father’s empire, and in fact, she was protected by Hernán Cortés. More than one noble Spaniard wanted to marry her.
It is said that the princess became pregnant by Hernán Cortés but that the girl who resulted from the relationship was a real regret for her, since she was born out of wedlock. The Spaniard never wanted to marry the princess, because, as some say, his intentions were to marry a European woman, which he later achieved.
The daughter of Isabel Moctezuma and Hernán Cortés was baptized Leonor. Some sources claim that, although her mother never loved her, her father did care for her and, in fact, did everything possible so that a good part of the Mexica princess’s inheritance came into her hands when her mother died. years later.
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