Huayna Capac
Huayna Capac (before 1493 – 1527) was the third Sapa Inca of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire. He was the son of and successor to Túpac Inca Yupanqui.,: 108 the sixth Sapa Inca of the Hanan dynasty, and eleventh of the Inca civilization. He was born in Tumipampa and tutored to become Sapa Inca from a young age.
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Huayna Capac drawn by Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala. The title, in Poma de Ayala's nonstandard spelling, reads: El onceno inga Guainacapac, "The Eleventh Inca, Huayna Capac". | |
| Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire | |
| Reign | 1493 – 1527 |
| Predecessor | Topa Inca Yupanqui |
| Successor | Huáscar and Atahualpa Ninan Cuyochi (titular) |
| Born | before 1487 |
| Died | 1527 Tumipampa, Inca Empire, modern-day Ecuador |
| Consort | Kuya Kusi Rimay, Kuya Rawa Ukllu |
| Issue | Ninan Cuyochi, Huáscar, Atahualpa, Túpac Huallpa, Manco Inca Yupanqui, Atoc, Paullu Inca, Quispe Sisa, Coya Asarpay, Konono, and others |
| Inca | Runa Simi, Qhapaq Simi |
| House | Tumipampa Ayllu |
| Dynasty | Hanan Qusqu |
| Father | Túpac Inca Yupanqui |
| Mother | Kuya Mama Ukllu |
Tawantinsuyu reached its greatest extent under Huayna Capac, as he expanded the empire's borders south along the Chilean coast, and north through what is now Ecuador and southern Colombia. According to the priest Juan de Velasco he absorbed the Quito Confederation into his empire by marrying Queen Paccha Duchicela, halting a long protracted war. Huayna Capac founded the city Atuntaqui and developed the city Cochabamba as an agriculture and administrative center. The Sapa Inca greatly expanded the Inca road system and had many qullqa (storehouses) built.
Huayna Capac died in 1527, likely from a European disease introduced to the Americas by the Spaniards. The death of him and his eldest son Ninan Cuyochi sparked the Inca Civil War, in which his sons Huáscar and Atahualpa fought over succession as the next Sapa Inca. Tawantinsuyu fell to Spanish conquests shortly after Atahualpa's victory.