The Coya Coya Cusirimay ( floruit 1493), was a princess and queen consort, ''Coya'', of the Inca Empire by marriage to her brother, the

Sapa Inca The Sapa Inca (from Quechua ''Sapa Inka'' "the only Inca") was the monarch of the Inca Empire (''Tawantinsuyu''), as well as ruler of the earlier Kingdom of Cusco and the later Neo-Inca State. While the origins of the position are mythical and o ...

Huayna Capac (r 1493-1527). She was said to be responsible for the relief and well being of her people after natural disasters struck. She was second in command to the emperor. Coya Cusirimay was the daughter of the Inca Topa Inca Yupanqui and Mama Ocllo Coya, and the full sister of Huayna Capac. After his succession to the throne in 1493, she married her brother in accordance with custom. She thereby became the 11th coya of the Inca Empire. Coya Cusirimay had no sons, and reportedly died early on in the reign of her spouse.

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* Burr Cartwright Brundage: Empire of the Inca * Susan A. Niles: The Shape of Inca History: Narrative and Architecture in an Andean Empire * Reiner Tom Zuidema: The Ceque System of Cuzco: The Social Organization of the Capital of the Inca {{DEFAULTSORT:Cusirimay, Coya Inca royal consorts 15th-century births 15th-century indigenous people of the Americas 15th-century women Spanish colonization of the Americas Indigenous people of the Andes Year of death unknown