Cápac Yupanqui

Cápac Yupanqui
Cápac Yupanqui
	Painting of Cápac Yupanqui, oil on canvas, Brooklyn Museum
Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco
Reign	c. 1320 – c. 1350
Predecessor	Mayta Cápac
Successor	Inca Roca
Born	c. 1320; Cusco, Inca Empire
Died	c. 1350 (aged c. 30); Cusco, Inca Empire
Spouse	Qorihillpay; Cusi Chimbo
Issue	Inca Roca; Quispe Yupanqui
Dynasty	Hurin
Father	Mayta Cápac
Mother	Mama Cuca

Cápac Yupanqui (Quechua = Qhapaq Yupanki Inka, "splendid accountant Inca") (c. 1320 – c. 1350) was the fifth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco (beginning around 1320) and the last of the Hurin dynasty.^[1]

Family

Yupanqui was a son and successor of Mayta Cápac while his elder brother Cunti Mayta became high priest.^[2] His chief wife was Mama Cusi Hilpay (or Qorihillpay or Ccuri-hilpay), the daughter of the lord of Anta, previously a great enemy of the Incas.^[3] His son with a woman called Cusi Chimbo, founder of the Hanan dynasty, was Inca Roca.^[4]

Reign

In legend, Yupanqui is a great conqueror; the chronicler Juan de Betanzos says that he was the first Inca to conquer territory outside the valley of Cusco – which may be taken to delimit the importance of his predecessors. He subjugated the Cuyumarca and Ancasmarca. His sons from other women included Apu Calla, Humpi, Apu Saca, Apu Chima-chaui, Apu Urco Huaranca, and Uchun-cuna-ascalla-rando. He died in 1350.^[2]^: 44 Garcilaso de la Vega reports that his administration improved the city of Cusco with many buildings, bridges, roads and aqueducts.^[3]

References

^ Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (author), David Frye (translator), The First New Chronicle and Good Government, Hackett Publishing Company, (2006), ISBN 0872208419 ISBN 978-0872208414
^ ^a ^b de Gamboa, P.S., 2015, History of the Incas, p. 44, Lexington, ISBN 9781463688653
^ ^a ^b Garcilaso de la Vega, The Incas - The royal commentaries of the Inca
^ Catherine Julien, Reading Inca History

Regnal titles
Preceded by Mayta Cápac	Sapa Inca c. 1320 – c. 1350	Succeeded by Inca Roca

[1] Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (author), David Frye (translator), The First New Chronicle and Good Government, Hackett Publishing Company, (2006), ISBN 0872208419 ISBN 978-0872208414

[Gamboa-2] Gamboa, P.S., 2015, History of the Incas, p. 44, Lexington, ISBN 9781463688653

[ReferenceA-3] Garcilaso de la Vega, The Incas - The royal commentaries of the Inca

[4] Catherine Julien, Reading Inca History

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v t e Sapa Incas (c. 1200—1533)
Hurin moiety	Manco Cápac Sinchi Roca Lloque Yupanqui Mayta Cápac Cápac Yupanqui
Hanan moiety	Inca Roca Yawar Waqaq Viracocha Inca Inca Urco (co-ruler) Pachacuti Amaru Yupanqui (co-ruler) Topa Inca Yupanqui Huayna Capac (15th century–1527) Ninan Cuyochi (1527) Huáscar (1527–1532) Atahualpa (1532–1533)