Tupac Huallpa

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Tupac Huallpa (? - October 1533) was a puppet Inca Emperor of the conquistadors during the Spanish conquest of Peru, led by Francisco Pizarro. He was the younger brother of Atahualpa and Huascar. After Atahualpa's death, the Spaniards appointed Tupac Huallpa as a puppet-Inca ruler and ensured he was crowned with great recognition and ceremony. All this was done to convince the natives that they were still being ruled by an Inca. Tupac Huallpa and his people did not know that the Spaniards were using him to take control of Peru and steal the gold treasures of his country.

Tupac Huallpa died of smallpox in Jauja in 1533 soon after he was crowned the Inca Emperor by Francisco Pizarro. He was succeeded by a member of a lower nobility class named Manco Inca Yupanqui.

Preceded by Atahuallpa

Sapa Inca 1533

Succeeded by Manco Inca Yupanqui