Túpac Huallpa

Túpac Huallpa
Inca Emperor by Spanish
Reign 1533
Predecessor Atahualpa
Successor Manco Inca Yupanqui
Quechua Auqui Huallpa Túpac
Father Huayna Cápac
Died 1533
Jauja

Túpac Huallpa (or Huallpa Túpac) (died October 1533), original name Auqui Huallpa Túpac, was a puppet Inca Emperor of the conquistadors in 1533, during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire led by Francisco Pizarro.

Life

Túpac Huallpa was a younger brother of Atahualpa and Huáscar. After Atahualpa's execution on 29 Aug. 1533, the Spaniards appointed Túpac Huallpa as a puppet ruler and ensured he was crowned with great recognition and ceremony. All this was done to convince the Inca people that they were still being ruled by an Inca. Túpac Huallpa and his people may not have understood that the Spaniards were using him to take control of Peru and steal the gold treasures of his country. Túpac died in Jauja in 1533. He was succeeded by another brother, Manco Inca Yupanqui.[1]:210,214


Descendants

Túpac Huallpa was the father of four children:

Reference

  1. Prescott, W.H., 2011, The History of the Conquest of Peru, Digireads.com Publishing, ISBN 9781420941142
Preceded by
Atahualpa
Sapa Inca
1533
Succeeded by
Manco Inca Yupanqui