The Aztec ruler Montezuma II ruled Mexico until overthrown and killed by the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes. Between 1517 and 1520, the Spanish took control of the empire.
Charles V was king of Spain in 1519 when Cortes conquered Mexico.
See reference below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernan_Cortez#Conquest_of_Mexico
Spain did, since the Fall of Tenochtitlan in 1521 until the end of the Mexican War of Independence in 1821.
"Mexico" as we know it today didn't exist. Those lands were inhabited by several groups of people, the most important being the Aztec and Mayan civilizations.
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After the conquest of Mexico by Spanish conquistadors in 1521.
Before the Spanish conquest in 1521, present-day Mexico had several empires and city states. At the time, the most important in Mexico was the Aztec Empire, led by Ahuizotl(1486-1502).
In Mexico, the Aztec; in Peru, the Inca
The Aztecs under Montezuma II dominated what is now Mexico at the time of the Spanish arrival in 1517.
Atahualpa
The Aztec civilization.
Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire in present-day Mexico. The Aztecs were ruled by Emperor Moctezuma II at the time of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century. Cortes' forces eventually overthrew the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1521.
A member of a people of central Mexico whose civilization was at its height at the time of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century.The Nahuatl language of the Aztecs.
Both Spanish (1521-1821) and French (1864-1867).
Moctezuma
Aztecs and Mayans were the most important; however there were many minor tribes and ethnic groups living in Mexico prior to the Spanish conquest of Mexico.