Quemuenchatocha
Sign in to saveQuemuenchatocha or Quimuinchateca (named in the earliest sources Eucaneme) (Hunza, 1472–Ramiriquí, 1538) was the second-last hoa of Hunza, currently known as Tunja, as of 1490. He was the ruler of the northern Muisca when the Spanish conquistadores arrived in the Muisca highlands. His contemporary enemy psihipquas of the southern Muisca were successively Nemequene and Bogotá.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Muisca Confederations
- Place of death
- Ramiriquí
- Occupation
- zaque
- Position held
- zaque
- Languages spoken
- Chibcha
- Religion
- Muisca religion
- Family
- Hunza
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- QUEMUENCHATOCHA.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1472-01-01
- date of death
- 1537-01-01
- ethnic group
- Muisca people
- birth name
- Quimuinchateca
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Quemuenchatocha or Quimuinchateca (named in the earliest sources Eucaneme) (Hunza, 1472–Ramiriquí, 1538) was the second-last hoa of Hunza, currently known as Tunja, as of 1490. He was the ruler of the northern Muisca when the Spanish conquistadores arrived in the Muisca highlands. His contemporary enemy psihipquas of the southern Muisca were successively Nemequene and Bogotá.
==Biography== Eucaneme was eighteen years old when he accessed the throne, succeeding his predecessor Michuá as ruler of the northern Muisca. His reign was cruel and under his tyranny the Muisca feared him. His rule was so brutal that when the Spanish conquistadors entered the outskirts of the capital Hunza and found a hill with poles where bodies were dangling, they named it Cerro de la Horca ("Gallows Hill").
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