Titu Cusi Yupanqui

Timeline

1. c. 1537–1563Vilcabamba · VilcabambaAfter Manco Inca withdrew from Cusco he established a resistance base at Vilcabamba; Titu Cusi grew up in the exiled court, receiving a traditional Inca education and witnessing his father's and brother's dealings and resistance against the Spanish.
2. 1563–1571Viticos · VilcabambaAfter the death of his brother Sayri Tupa, Titu Cusi succeeded as Sapa Inca of Vilcabamba. He allowed Franciscan missionaries into his territory and negotiated with the colonial authorities, while maintaining Inca rituals and political independence, and wrote an account to plead his case before the Spanish crown.
3. 1571Viticos · VilcabambaIn 1571 Spanish emissaries murdered him at his court; the Vilcabamba resistance regime rapidly declined thereafter, and his brother Túpac Amaru succeeded him but was ultimately suppressed by a Spanish expedition.