Túpac Huallpa

Túpac Huallpa
Sapa Inca installed by the Spaniards
Reign 1533
Predecessor Atahualpa
Successor Manco Inca Yupanqui
Died 1533
Jauja
Quechua Auqui Huallpa Túpac
Father Huayna Cápac

Túpac Huallpa (or Huallpa Túpac) (died October 1533), original name Auqui Huallpa Túpac, was the first vassal Inca Emperor installed by the Spanish conquistadors, during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire led by Francisco Pizarro. His latest known descendants are the Salvador Sundblad and his offspring.

Life

Túpac Huallpa was a younger brother of Atahualpa and Huáscar. After Atahualpa's execution on 29 Aug. 1533, the Spaniards appointed Túpac Huallpa as a puppet ruler and ensured he was crowned with great recognition and ceremony. All this was done to convince the Inca people that they were still being ruled by an Inca. Túpac Huallpa and his people may not have understood that the Spaniards were using him to take control of Peru and steal the gold treasures of his country. Túpac died in Jauja in 1533. He was succeeded by another brother, Manco Inca Yupanqui.[1]:210,214

Descendants

Túpac Huallpa was the father of four children:

References

  1. Prescott, W.H., 2011, The History of the Conquest of Peru, Digireads.com Publishing, ISBN 9781420941142
Preceded by
Atahualpa
(last ruler of the Inca Empire)
Sapa Inca
As installed by the Spaniards

1533
Succeeded by
Manco Inca Yupanqui


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