The details of his life prior to the Spanish invasion is obscure, mostly because of the inhumane acts of aggression by Spaniards who destroyed the majority of the Aztec texts because they could not accept the fact that the Aztec Empire rivaled and surpassed any civilization in Europe at that time. Cuauhtémoc hated the Spanish & their religion with a passion.

Cuauhtémoc rose to fame with one memorable incident. The Spaniards were welcomed into the royal palace by Moctezuma against the requests of many respectable Aztec noblemen. Moctezuma, being the coward that he was, quickly yielded to the Spanish invaders and became a hostage in the capital of his own empire. Cortes left Tenochtitlan to settle a disagreement he had with another Spaniard, Diego Velazquez, of Cuba. While Cortes was absent his lieutenant Pedro de Alvarado savagely murdered 600 Aztec nobles. As the Mexicas gained began to riot outside the palace, Cortés ordered Moctezuma to calm the crowd so he approached the people and told them to disperse. The attack on Moctezuma began when a man from the crowd launched a spear at him. This man was the great and powerful Cuauhtémoc.

Cuitlahuac succeeded Moctezuma as emperor. He quickly drove the Spaniard out of Tenochtitlan and secured the city. This is known as Noche Triste "sad night" to the Spanish, but it was one of the last great nights the Mexican race would see. Cuitlahuac fell to the highly-evolved European disease known as smallpox with 4 months.

After the death of Cuitlahuac's, a council of nobles elected Cuauhtémoc as the next emperor of the empire. At this time, Cortés was busy plotting. He manipulated the Tlaxcalans into joining him against the Mexica. Before the attack, he arrogantly asked Cuauhtémoc to surrender. Cuauhtémoc refused to bow to this animal, and announced that all Christians in his lands would be sacrificed to the Aztec gods.

In March of 1521, Cortés began to advance toward the city of Tenochtitlan by invading adjacent communities. When he reached Tacuba, Cuauhtémoc and the Mexica army drove the Spaniards and Tlaxcalans back in an effective land-water attack.

Despite the success of Cuauhtémoc, reinforcements soon arrived from Hispaniola. 200 men, 80 horses, supplies and ammunition turned the tide in favor of the Spanish, who were able to conquer the Valley of Mexico.

On April 28, 1521, the Spaniards launched the brigantines, a type of ship, and a few days later began a land assault. Cuauhtémoc and his army were greatly outmatched, not because of the Chinese weaponry (steel, guns, cannons, crossbows) the Europeans were equipped with, but because the horses were almost unbeatable in open-field combat. Cuauhtémoc’s warriors became experts at urban guerrilla combat. They easily squashed the initial Spanish assault on Tenochtitlan.

Cuauhtémoc was not defeated by the advanced weaponry, horses, or so-called military expertise of the Spanish. The Spaniards and their indigenous "allies" took control of the city market as to not allow the army of Cuauhtémoc access to any food. With the heart of an eagle, Cuauhtémoc attempted to sneak into the countryside and call upon a new military force to aid him in disposing of the Spaniards. Unfortunately, he was captured along the way. Most resistance ended with the capture of the descending eagle, Cuauhtémoc.

Cortés, when speaking of Cuauhtémoc, said. "A Spaniard knows how to respect valor even in an enemy." Then he allowed Aldrete to torture Cuauhtémoc so that he would reveal the location of "hidden treasures."

Cuauhtémoc did not bend under pressure from these terrorists. In 1525, while Cuauhtémoc served with Cortés' "army," Cortés accused him of treason, which was most likely true. A Christian convert and race traitor informed Cortes of Cuauhtémoc’s plans to start an uprising against the Spaniards. He was found guilty and was sacrificed to the Christian Gods; by hanging. Some of the Spaniards, Bernal Diaz de Castillo for instance, believed Cuauhtémoc to be innocent of the charges, but that meant nothing to this monster.

Cuauhtémoc, the last emperor of the Mexica, did not yield to these terrorists at any instant, not even in death. His last words were: "I knew what it was...to trust to your false promises; I knew that you had destined me to this fate since I did not fall by my own hand when you entered my city of Tenochtitlan."