2. Bio Originally known as Tecuichpotzin, but to the Spaniards she was donasIsabel. She was to wed 5 husbands 2 Indians and 3 Spaniards. Seen as the most prominent Indian woman in colonial Mexico and as pioneer of Mestizaje. She became a model of Hispanicize Indian womanhood. When marriage to Juan Cano she bore 5 children within ten years of marriage, then 2 more soon came along. She spent her days acquiring personal effects and instructing her daughters in the Catholic faith. Her death in 1550, had sent her will that she hope the Spanish corw would restore her patrimony as her to Moctezuma II’s vast lands and inheritance to her six children.
3. After Her Death After half a century of litigation, a landmark decision regarding the heirs of Isabel Moctezuma was reached in the court of Philip II. A general settlement was granted to revenue from vacant encomiendas in Mexico for themselves and theirs heirs in perpetuity. In 1590 settlement formalized the legal obligations of the Spanish crown to the many heirs of the Aztec princess Tecuichpotzin. The re-linked her destiny with that of the Spanish conquerors who had destroyed her nation and to contribute to the establishment of a new society on Mexican soil.
