Túpac Amaru

Also known as Thupa Amaro, Thupaq Amaru, Tupac Amaru, Túpac Amaru I, José Gabriel CONDORCANQUI, Tupac Aymaru

4th and last Inca Emperor of the Kingdom of Vilcabamba

Key facts

Reign: 1571–1572
Predecessor: Titu Cusi
Successor: State abolished , Juan Santos Atahualpa [as self-proclaimed Sapa Inca of a (neo-) Inca Empire ]
Born: 14 April 1545, Peru
Died: 24 September 1572 (1572-09-24) (aged 27), Cusco , Viceroyalty of Peru , modern-day Peru
Quechua: Tupaq Amaru
Dynasty: Hanan Qusqu
Father: Manco Inca Yupanqui

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of birth: Vilcabamba
Place of death: Cusco
Father: Manco Inca
Sibling: Sayri Túpac
Languages spoken: Quechua
Image: TupacamaruI.JPG

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Commons category: Tupac Amaru
date of death: 1572-09-24
date of birth: 1545-00-00
described by source: Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
cause of death: decapitation
relative: Túpac Amaru II
different from: Túpac Amaru
manner of death: capital punishment

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Encyclopedic overview

Túpac Amaru or Thupa Amaru (14 April 1545 – 24 September 1572) (first name also spelled Túpac, Tupac, Topa, Tupaq, Thupaq, Thupa, last name also spelled Amaro instead of Amaru) was the last Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State, the final remaining independent part of the Inca Empire. He was executed by the Spanish following a months-long pursuit after the fall of the Neo-Inca State.

His name is derived from the Quechua words thupaq, meaning "royal" or "shining" and amaru, which can either mean "snake" or refer to the snake-like being from Andean mythology.

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