Editing Moctezuma II (section)

===Spanish involvement===
[[File:Coronación del rey de Tescoco y destierro del otro a influencia de Cortés, en la tabla 13 de la conquista de México, Juan González & Miguel González.png|thumb|upright=1.2|Coronation of Ixtlilxóchitl II and arrest of Cacamatzin, as depicted by the [[New Spain|New-Spanish]] artists Juan González and Miguel González]]
This crisis would later become relevant again after the Spanish arrived at Tenochtitlan, when Cacamatzin, who initially welcomed the Spaniards when they first entered in November 1519, attempted to raise an army against them for imprisoning Moctezuma ([[#Host and prisoner of the Spaniards|''see below'']]) by calling for the people of [[Coyoacan]], Tlacopan, Iztapalapa and the [[Matlatzinca people]] to enter the city, kill the Spaniards and free Moctezuma in early 1520. The Spanish captain [[Hernán Cortés]], who was the main commander of the Spanish troops who entered Mexico, decided to act and ordered Moctezuma to send someone to arrest Cacamatzin before the attack. Moctezuma suggested that Ixtlilxochitl be sent due to the crisis, as then he could take the throne and prevent another succession crisis. He still tried to establish negotiations between the Texcoco leadership and the Spaniards but was unable to change Cacamatzin's mind. Eventually, Moctezuma sent troops to secretly arrest Cacamatzin in his palace and send him to Mexico after he ordered for three of his commanders to be arrested for suggesting requesting Mocetzuma's permission for the attack and telling him that there was no chance of entering into negotiations with the Spaniards. Ixtlilxochitl became the likely ''de facto'' leader of Texcoco afterwards,{{sfn|Díaz del Castillo|2011|pp=327–331}} though according to [[Bernardino de Sahagún]], it was Tecocoltzin who officially took the title of ''tlatoani'' after Cacamatzin's arrest and Ixtlilxochitl would not officially become the ''tlatoani'' until a year later.{{sfn|de Sahagún|1577|loc=book VIII, fol. 8v}}

[[File:Bautizo de Ixtlixóchitl.jpg|thumb|left|Baptism of Ixtlilxochitl II, by José Vivar y Valderrama]]
Ixtlilxochitl continued fighting for the Spaniards afterwards, became a personal friend of Cortés, converted to [[Christianity]] and participated in the [[Spanish conquest of Honduras]] in 1525.{{sfn|de Sahagún|1577|loc=book VIII, fol. 8v}} His figure has remained controversial in the historical record, as some have seen him as a man who betrayed his people for his ambition,<ref>{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Ixtlilxochitl II.|year=1900}}</ref> while others have seen him as a brave warrior who fought against the tyrannical rule of Moctezuma II and liberated the peoples he subjugated with the help of Hernán Cortés.{{sfn|de Alva Ixtlilxóchitl|1892|pp=299, 330}}