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Manco Inca Yupanqui

Type Figure Region Peru Time 1516–1544 Also known as Manco Inca

Manco Inca Yupanqui was one of the last legitimate rulers of the Inca Empire, made a puppet Inca king by Francisco Pizarro in 1533.

Timeline

  1. 1533–1536Cusco · Inca EmpireAfter Atahualpa's execution, Pizarro installed Manco as Inca king to maintain the legitimacy of rule; he nominally governed in Cusco but was in fact monitored by the Spaniards, and the distribution of encomiendas and extortion of tribute from the royal house drove him to resist.
  2. 1536–1544Vilcabamba · Cusco RegionAfter breaking out of Cusco in 1536 he reestablished his court at Vilcabamba; the siege of Cusco in 1536–1537 failed, and in the 1540s he continued to contend with the Spanish colonial authorities, maintaining an independent resistance center and sheltering fugitives from 1541 to 1544.

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