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
DiedJuly 1533[1] (aged c. 31)
Cajamarca, Inca Empire
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, reigning from April 1532 until his capture and execution in July of the following year, as part of 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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