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'' Diego de Castro Titu Cusi Yupanqui (;

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: ''Titu Kusi Yupanki'' ; 1529–1571) was an

Inca The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...

ruler of Vilcabamba and the penultimate leader of the

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. He was a son of

Manco Inca Yupanqui Manco Inca Yupanqui ( 1515 – c. 1544) (''Manqu Inka Yupanki'' in Quechua) was the founder and monarch (Sapa Inca) of the independent Neo-Inca State in Vilcabamba, although he was originally a puppet Inca Emperor installed by the Spaniards. H ...

, He was crowned in 1563, after the death of his half brother, Sayri Tupac. He ruled until his death in 1571, probably of

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Rule

During his rule at Vilcabamba, the provisional governor-general Lope Garcia de Castro wanted to negotiate with him. The negotiations were about Cusi leaving the Vilcabamba and accepting a Crown pension. After negotiations escalated, around 1568, Titu Cusi was

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into the

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, as Diego de Castro. Titu Cusi made

Túpac Amaru Túpac Amaru (1545 – 24 September 1572) (first name also spelled Tupac, Topa, Tupaq, Thupaq, Thupa, last name also spelled Amaro instead of Amaru) was the last Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State, the final remaining independent part of the Inca ...

a priest and custodian of Manco Inca's body in Vilcabamba. Túpac Amaru became the Inca ruler after Titu Cusi's death in 1571. Titu Cusi's close companion Martín de Pando, who had worked as a scribe for the Inca for over ten years and Augustinian Friar Diego Ortiz were blamed for killing Titu Cusi by poisoning him. Both were killed. Cusi is the "narrator" and source of ''An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru'', a firsthand account of the Spanish invasion, narrated by him in 1570 to Spanish missionary Fray Marcos García and transcribed by Martín de Pando, his

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assistant. The resulting hybrid document offers a unique Inca perspective on the conquest. The confusion and misunderstandings of first contact are described in the account, including beliefs that the Spaniards were gods. The section that describes the moment when

Manco Inca Manco Inca Yupanqui ( 1515 – c. 1544) (''Manqu Inka Yupanki'' in Quechua) was the founder and monarch (Sapa Inca) of the independent Neo-Inca State in Vilcabamba, although he was originally a puppet Inca Emperor installed by the Spaniards. ...

, the father of the author and the brother of

Atahualpa Atahualpa (), also Atawallpa (Quechua), Atabalica, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa (c. 1502 – 26-29 July 1533) was the last Inca Emperor. After defeating his brother, Atahualpa became very briefly the last Sapa Inca (sovereign emperor) of the Inca Empir ...

, receives the first news of the Spaniards' arrival from coastal tribesman is of particular note.

References

Sources

* ''An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru'' by Titu Cusi Yupanqui, trans. Ralph Bauer * ''Andean Worlds'' by Kenneth J. Andrien.

External links

* Castro Tito Cusi Yupanqui, Diego de, — 1570 * Jacobs, James Q
''Tupac Amaru, The Life, Times, and Execution of the Last Inca''
1529 births 1571 deaths Inca emperors Roman Catholic monarchs 16th-century monarchs in South America Deaths from pneumonia in Peru {{Peru-bio-stub