Atahualpa

Atahualpa
Portrait of Atahualpa by an unknown artist from the Cuzco School. Currently located in the Ethnological Museum of Berlin, Germany.
Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire
Reign1532–1533
Self-installationApril 1532
PredecessorHuáscar
SuccessorTúpac Huallpa (as puppet Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire)
Bornc. 1502
Quito, Inca Empire, modern-day Ecuador
DiedJuly 1533[1]
Cajamarca, Inca Empire, modern-day Peru
Burial29 August 1533
Cajamarca, Tawantinsuyu
Consort
QuechuaAtawallpa
DynastyHanan Qusqu
FatherHuayna Cápac – Inca Emperor
MotherDiscussed:

Atahualpa (/ˌɑːtəˈwɑːlpə/ ), also Atawallpa or Ataw Wallpa (Quechua) (c. 1502 – July 1533),[2][a] was the last effective Inca emperor before his capture and execution during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.

  1. ^ Hemming 1993, p. 557, footnote 78.
  2. ^ "Atahuallpa | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2022.


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