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Descendents of the Aztec emperor Montezuma were given the title "Duke of Moctezuma," by the Spanish crown, and the line is still around. Was it considered risky to make a would-be competitor a Duke? What was the strategy for marrying Mexican nobility into the Spanish nobility?

by /u/RusticBohemian in /r/AskHistorians

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