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Topa Inca Yupanqui or Túpac Inca Yupanqui (Quechua: Tupa Inka Yupanki ~ Thupaq Inka Yupanki), [1] also Topa Inga Yupangui, erroneously translated as "noble Inca accountant" (before 1471 – 1493) was the tenth Sapa Inca (1471–93) of the Inca Empire, fifth of the Hanan dynasty.
Ccapac Yupanqui: Inca Urco: Inca Socso: Tupac Ayar Manco: Apu Paucar: Tupac Inca Yupanqui 10th Sapa Inca of Cusco 2nd Emperor of Inca Empire (c. 1441 – c. 1493) Mama Ocllo: Queen Kusi Rimay: Titu Cusi Hualpa Huayna Capac 11th Sapa Inca of Cusco 3rd Emperor of Inca Empire (c.1468–1524, probably of smallpox) Rahua Ocllo: Auqui Tupac Inca
From the time of the rule of Emperor Tupac Yupanqui, a specialized elite group of soldiers was appointed for the safekeeping of the Sapa Inca ("the one and only Inca") during parades, travel or campaigns. [8] These bodyguards originated primarily in Cusco, though soldiers from other ethnicities were also accepted in their ranks. This imperial ...
Pachacuti had two of his brothers, Capac Yupanqui and Huayna Yupanqui, killed after the military campaign against the region of Chinchay-Suyu. He also killed his sons Tilca Yupanqui and Auqui Yupanqui. [58] Some ethno-historians however think that Capac Yupanqui was the co-ruler or Huauque (lit. "brother") of Pachacuti. [18]
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.
Although Tupac doesn't yet know whom this is, he takes an interest in the case and together with Ollantay goes to the Acllahuasi. There they find a woman with very long hair and a ghostly appearance that Tupac finally recognizes as his sister in a moment of anagnorisis. Cusi Coyllur tells her story, and a magnanimous Tupac Yupanqui frees her ...
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[1] [2] His wife's name was Mama Runtu, and their sons included Inca Roca, Tupac Yupanqui, Pachakuti and Capac Yupanqui. His original name was Hatun Tupaq Inca, but he was named after creator deity Wiraqucha after seeing visions of the god in Urcos. With Curi chulpa, he had two additional sons, Inca Urco and Inca Socso.