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Incas - Inca Empire
THE LIFE OF HUAYNA CCAPAC, ELEVENTH INCA
The Incas.As soon as Tupac Inca was dead, the _orejones_, who were with him at the time of his death, proceeded to Cuzco for the customary ceremonies.
These were to raise the Inca his successor before the death of his
father had become known to him, and to follow the same order as in the
case of the death of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui. As the wives and sons of
Tupac Inca also went to Cuzco, the matter could not be kept secret.
A
woman who had been a concubine of the late Inca, named Ccuri Ocllo, a
kins-woman of Ccapac Huari, as soon as she arrived at Cuzco, spoke to
her relations and to Ccapac Huari in these words. "Sirs and relations!
Know that Tupac Inca is dead and that, when in health, he had named
Ccapac Huari for his successor, but at the end, being on the point of
death, he said that Titu Cusi Hualpa, son of Mama Ocllo, should succeed
him. You ought not to consent to this. Rather call together all your
relations and friends, and raise Ccapac Huari, your elder brother, son
of Chuqui Ocllo, to be Inca." This seemed well to all the relations of
Ccapac Huari, and they sent to assemble all the other relations on his
behalf.
While this was proceeding, the _orejones_ of Cuzco, knowing nothing of
it, were arranging how to give the fringe to Titu Cusi Hualpa. The plot
of the party of Ccapac Huari became known to the late Inca's brother,
Huaman Achachi. He assembled some friends, made them arm themselves, and
they went to where Titu Cusi Hualpa was retired and concealed. They then
proceeded to where the friends of Ccapac Huari had assembled, and killed
many of them, including Ccapac Huari himself.
Others say that they did
not kill Ccapac Huari at that time, but only took him. His mother Chuqui
Ocllo was taken and, being a rebel as well as a witch who had killed her
lord Tupac Inca, she was put to death. Ccapac Huari was banished to
Chinchero, where he was given a maintenance, but he was never allowed to
enter Cuzco again until his death. They also killed the woman Ccuri
Ocllo, who had advised the raising of Ccapac Huari to the Incaship.
The First Acts of Huayna Ccapac After He Became Inca
The Inca Emperors / Kings:
Manco CapacManco Capac and the early history of the Incas.
Sinchi Roca
Said to have created the royal forehead fringe
Lloque Yupanqui
Threatened by other groups in the Cuzco valley
Mayta Capac
Legendary child prodigy
Capac Yupanqui
First to demand tribute from peoples outside the Cuzco valley
Inca Roca
First to use
Yahuar Huacac
Kidnapped as a child, cemented relationships with neighboring groups through marriage
Viracocha
Began the conquest of peoples outside of the Cuzco valley
Pachacuti / Yupanqui
Ruled 1438 to 1471
Tupa Inca, Topa Inca
1471 to 1493
Huayna Capac -
1493 to 1527, died of plague
Huascar
1527 to 1532, son of Huayna Capac, executed by Atahuallpa
Atahuallpa
1532 to 1533, son of Huayna Capac, captured and executed by the Spanish
Tupa Huallpa
1533 to 1533, son of Huayna Capac, crowned by Spanish and then poisoned
Manco Inca
1533 to 1545, son of Huayna Capac, crowned by Spanish but then rebelled in 1536 and set up a jungle state
Paullu Inca
1537 to 1549, son of Huayna Capac, puppet Inca of Cuzco
Carlos Inca
1549 to 1572, son of Paullu Inca, puppet Inca of Cuzco, married a Spanish lady
Sayri Tupa Inca
1545 to 1558, first son of Manco Inca, ruled Inca jungle state
Titu Cusi
1558 to 1571, second son of Manco Inca, ruled Inca jungle state
Tupa Amaru
1571 to 1572, third son of Manco Inca, grandson of Huayna Capac, captured and executed by the Spanish in 1572
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