tpac amaru

This article refers to the Inca Tpac Amaru who died in 1572. See Tpac Amaru II for the man whose Christian name was Jos Gabriel Condorcanqui (1738-1781) and who was Tpac Amaru's great-grandson. Tpac Amaru (died September 24, 1572) was the last indigenous leader of the Inca people in Peru. The son of Manco Inca Yupanqui (also known as Manco Capac II), he was made a priest and the guardian of his father's body. After his half brother, the Inca (Titu Cusi), died in 1570, Tpac Amaru assumed the title of Sapa Inca. At this time the Inca empire had lost Cusco, and held only the region of Vilcabamba, a few dozen kilometers north of Cusco. He was captured in the Amazon after fleeing Vilcabamba during a Spanish attack, and was later murdered by the Spanish viceroy. Tpac Amaru's great-grandson, Tpac Amaru II, also led an indigenous uprising in 1780 against continued Spanish presence in Peru.

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Tupac Amaru, The Life, Times, and Execution of the Last Inca

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