Sayri Tupac

The Viceroy of Peru , Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza receives Sayri Túpac (from Waman Puma de Ayalas Nueva Crónica y Buen Gobierno ).

Sayri Túpac (* around 1535, † 1561 ), according to the Peruvian Quechua spelling Sayri Tupaq , was the 16th Inca king , the second of Vilcabamba , the last retreat of the Inca .

He succeeded his father Manco Inca Yupanqui to the throne, who had led an uprising against the Spaniards and was murdered in 1544. There was peace with the Spaniards during Sayri Túpac's reign, although this had more to do with his advisors, since he was just ten years old when he ascended the throne.

As early as 1549, the Spanish special envoy Pedro de la Gasca had exchanged emissaries with the Inca. Should he submit to the Spanish king, he would get the area around Vilcabamba, buildings in Cusco and other lands. The negotiations dragged on for years until Sayri Túpac in 1557, now of legal age, accepted the offer. On October 7, 1557, he and his entourage left Vilcabamba and reached Lima on January 5, 1558, where he was received with great honor by Viceroy Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza . As promised, he received lands in the region around Cusco and settled in the Yucay Valley (today's Urubamba province ).

In 1558 he was baptized Diego by the Bishop of Cusco , Juan Solano. His marriage to his sister Cusi Huarcay was sanctioned by the Pope at the instigation of the Spanish king, and the bishop was able to give his blessing to the union. They had a daughter, Beatriz Clara Coya, who married Martín García Óñez de Loyola , a Spanish nobleman and later governor of Chile .

When he died at a young age in 1561, it was a severe setback for the Spaniards, because the new Inca state in Vilcabamba had remained intact and the new ruler, Titu Cusi , was no longer under Spanish control.

literature

• John Hemming: The conquest of the Incas. Mariner Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0-15-602826-4 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Manco Cápac II. Manku Qhapaq II.	Inca of Vilcabamba 1544–1561	Titu Cusi Yupanqui Titu Kusi Yupanki