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Cusi Yupanqui was born in Cusco, at the palace of Cusicancha, bordering the Inticancha temple. His tutor, Micuymana, taught him history, laws and language, as well as the handling of quipus . From a young age, he was admired by Inca nobles because he had the courage, intelligence and maturity his brother, Inca Urco , the appointed co-ruler and ...
At Vilcabamba the state known as the Neo-Inca State was established by Manco, and Vilcabamba became the capital of the state until the death of Tupaq Amaru in 1572. From there, he continued his attacks against the Wankas (one of the most important allies of the Spaniards), having some success after fierce battles, and to the highlands of present-day Bolivia, where after many battles his army ...
Another son of Viracocha Inca, Cusi Yupanqui, stayed with a handful of generals in order to protect the capital. [7] The Canas and the Canchis, to the south of Cusco, allied with the Inca, while the Ayarmaca allied with the Chanka. But the majority of the surrounding Chiefdoms waited to see the outcome of the war. [8]
Yupanqui was a son and successor of Mayta Cápac while his elder brother Cunti Mayta became high priest. [2] His chief wife was Mama Cusi Hilpay (or Qorihillpay or Ccuri-hilpay), the daughter of the lord of Anta, previously a great enemy of the Incas. [3] His son with a woman called Cusi Chimbo, founder of the Hanan dynasty, was Inca Roca. [4]
In 1438, they began a far-reaching expansion under the command of Sapa Inca ("paramount leader") Pachacuti Cusi Yupanqui (Pachakutiy Kusi Yupanki), whose epithet Pachacuti means "the turn of the world". [29] The name of Pachacuti was given to him after he conquered the tribe of the Chancas during the Chanka–Inca War (in modern-day Apurímac).
After a Spanish attack in 1544 in which Manco Inca Yupanqui was killed, his son Sayri Tupac assumed the title of Sapa Inca (emperor, literally "only Inca"), before accepting Spanish authority in 1558, moving to Cuzco and dying (perhaps by poison) in 1561. He was succeeded in Vilcabamba by his brother Titu Cusi, who himself died in 1571. Túpac ...
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This legend was told by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, a mestizo chronicler who was a descendant of Tupac Yupanqui on his mother's side. The Sun , seeing the state in which the men lived, took pity on them and sent his son, named Manco Capac , and a daughter, named Mama Ocllo , to civilize the inhabitants of the earth.