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Huayna Capac (Quechua Wayna Qhapaq "splendid youth") was the eleventh Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire
Inca Empire

The Inca Empire was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cuzco in modern-day Peru....
 and sixth of the Hanan dynasty. He was the successor to Tupac Inca Yupanqui
Tupac Inca Yupanqui

T?pac Inca Yupanqui was the tenth Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire, and fifth of the Hanan dynasty. His father was Pachacuti, and his son was Huayna Capac....
. His legitimate wife (and full-blooded galen rules sister) was Coya Cusirimay. The pair produced no male heirs, but Huayna Capac produced as many as 50 or more children with other women, including Ninan Cuyochi
Ninan Cuyochi

Ninan Cuyochi, born 1490?, died 1527, the oldest son of Sapa Inca Huayna Capac and first in line to inherit the Inca Empire, but he however died of smallpox shortly before his father, bringing about a Inca Civil War....
, Huáscar
Huáscar

Inti Cusi Huallpa Hu?scar was Sapa Inca of the Inca empire from 1527 to 1532 AD, succeeding his father Huayna Capac and brother Ninan Cuyochi, both of whom died of smallpox while campaigning near Quito....
, Atahualpa
Atahualpa

Atahualpa, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa, or Atawallpa , was the last sovereign emperor of the Tahuantinsuyu, or the Inca Empire. He became emperor upon defeating his older half-brother Hu?scar in a civil war sparked by the death of their father, Inca Huayna Capac, from an infectious disease thought to be smallpox....
, Tupac Huallpa
Tupac Huallpa

T?pac Huallpa or Huallpa T?pac was a puppet Sapa Inca of the conquistadors in 1533, during the Spanish conquest of Peru led by Francisco Pizarro....
, Manco Inca Yupanqui
Manco Inca Yupanqui

Manco Inca Yupanqui was one of the Incas of Vilcabamba. He was also known as "Manco II" and "Manco Capac II" . Born in 1516, he was one of the sons of Huayna Capac and came from a lower class of the nobility....
, General Atoc
ATOC

ATOC, an acronym may refer to:* Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate* Association of Train Operating Companies...
 and Pawllu Inca - all of whom could be said to be his successors.

Huayna Capac extended the Inca empire (Tahuantinsuyu) significantly to the south into present-day Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 and Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
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Huayna Capac (Quechua Wayna Qhapaq "splendid youth") was the eleventh Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire
Inca Empire

The Inca Empire was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The administrative, political and military center of the empire was located in Cuzco in modern-day Peru....
 and sixth of the Hanan dynasty. He was the successor to Tupac Inca Yupanqui
Tupac Inca Yupanqui

T?pac Inca Yupanqui was the tenth Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire, and fifth of the Hanan dynasty. His father was Pachacuti, and his son was Huayna Capac....
. His legitimate wife (and full-blooded galen rules sister) was Coya Cusirimay. The pair produced no male heirs, but Huayna Capac produced as many as 50 or more children with other women, including Ninan Cuyochi
Ninan Cuyochi

Ninan Cuyochi, born 1490?, died 1527, the oldest son of Sapa Inca Huayna Capac and first in line to inherit the Inca Empire, but he however died of smallpox shortly before his father, bringing about a Inca Civil War....
, Huáscar
Huáscar

Inti Cusi Huallpa Hu?scar was Sapa Inca of the Inca empire from 1527 to 1532 AD, succeeding his father Huayna Capac and brother Ninan Cuyochi, both of whom died of smallpox while campaigning near Quito....
, Atahualpa
Atahualpa

Atahualpa, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa, or Atawallpa , was the last sovereign emperor of the Tahuantinsuyu, or the Inca Empire. He became emperor upon defeating his older half-brother Hu?scar in a civil war sparked by the death of their father, Inca Huayna Capac, from an infectious disease thought to be smallpox....
, Tupac Huallpa
Tupac Huallpa

T?pac Huallpa or Huallpa T?pac was a puppet Sapa Inca of the conquistadors in 1533, during the Spanish conquest of Peru led by Francisco Pizarro....
, Manco Inca Yupanqui
Manco Inca Yupanqui

Manco Inca Yupanqui was one of the Incas of Vilcabamba. He was also known as "Manco II" and "Manco Capac II" . Born in 1516, he was one of the sons of Huayna Capac and came from a lower class of the nobility....
, General Atoc
ATOC

ATOC, an acronym may refer to:* Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate* Association of Train Operating Companies...
 and Pawllu Inca - all of whom could be said to be his successors.

Huayna Capac extended the Inca empire (Tahuantinsuyu) significantly to the south into present-day Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 and Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
. For many years he and his armies fought to annex territories North of his empire in what is now Ecuador
Ecuador

Ecuador , officially the , literally, "Republic of the equator") is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west....
 (and a small region of Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
) to the northernmost province, Chinchaysuyo. The capital city of the empire was far to the south in Cuzco, and Huayna Capac hoped to establish a northern stronghold in the city of Quito
Quito

San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito, is the Capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha , an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains....
.

Huayna Capac died around 1527 on the Northern Frontier of the empire after the long-fought Quito Wars. He likely died of the smallpox
Smallpox

Smallpox is an infectious disease unique to humans, caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The disease is also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera, which is a derivative of the Latin varius, meaning spotted, or varus, meaning "pimple"....
 epidemic that had already decimated the capital, Cuzco, though some evidence suggests Bartonellosis
Bartonellosis

Bartonellosis is an infectious disease produced by bacteria of the genus Bartonella . Bartonella species cause diseases such as Carrion?s disease, Trench fever, and Cat scratch disease, and other recognized diseases, such as bacillary angiomatosis, peliosis hepatis, chronic bacteremia, endocarditis, chronic lymphadenopathy, and neurol...
 was to blame. Both Huayna Capac and his oldest son, Ninan Cuyochi
Ninan Cuyochi

Ninan Cuyochi, born 1490?, died 1527, the oldest son of Sapa Inca Huayna Capac and first in line to inherit the Inca Empire, but he however died of smallpox shortly before his father, bringing about a Inca Civil War....
 died.

Right before his death, he had split the empire between his favorite son, Atahualpa
Atahualpa

Atahualpa, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa, or Atawallpa , was the last sovereign emperor of the Tahuantinsuyu, or the Inca Empire. He became emperor upon defeating his older half-brother Hu?scar in a civil war sparked by the death of their father, Inca Huayna Capac, from an infectious disease thought to be smallpox....
, and his legitimate heir, Huascar
Huáscar

Inti Cusi Huallpa Hu?scar was Sapa Inca of the Inca empire from 1527 to 1532 AD, succeeding his father Huayna Capac and brother Ninan Cuyochi, both of whom died of smallpox while campaigning near Quito....
. Brilliant leader as he was, his act to please both sons may have contributed to the downfall of the Inca empire.

Huáscar
Huáscar

Inti Cusi Huallpa Hu?scar was Sapa Inca of the Inca empire from 1527 to 1532 AD, succeeding his father Huayna Capac and brother Ninan Cuyochi, both of whom died of smallpox while campaigning near Quito....
 was already working to overthrow the leadership of his brother Ninan when he learned of his death. Huáscar
Huáscar

Inti Cusi Huallpa Hu?scar was Sapa Inca of the Inca empire from 1527 to 1532 AD, succeeding his father Huayna Capac and brother Ninan Cuyochi, both of whom died of smallpox while campaigning near Quito....
 quickly secured power in Cuzco and had his brother Atahualpa
Atahualpa

Atahualpa, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa, or Atawallpa , was the last sovereign emperor of the Tahuantinsuyu, or the Inca Empire. He became emperor upon defeating his older half-brother Hu?scar in a civil war sparked by the death of their father, Inca Huayna Capac, from an infectious disease thought to be smallpox....
 arrested. But Atahualpa
Atahualpa

Atahualpa, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa, or Atawallpa , was the last sovereign emperor of the Tahuantinsuyu, or the Inca Empire. He became emperor upon defeating his older half-brother Hu?scar in a civil war sparked by the death of their father, Inca Huayna Capac, from an infectious disease thought to be smallpox....
 escaped from his imprisonment with the help of his wife and began securing support from Huayna Capac's best generals, who happened to be near Quito
Quito

San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito, is the Capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha , an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains....
, the nearest major city. Atahualpa
Atahualpa

Atahualpa, Atahuallpa, Atabalipa, or Atawallpa , was the last sovereign emperor of the Tahuantinsuyu, or the Inca Empire. He became emperor upon defeating his older half-brother Hu?scar in a civil war sparked by the death of their father, Inca Huayna Capac, from an infectious disease thought to be smallpox....
 won the ensuing civil war, killing his brother, but it was at this time that Spanish conquistadors began arriving in South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
. The conquistadors used deceit to capture Atahualpa on his way back to Cuzco, copying an earlier exploit in Mesoamerica
Mesoamerica

Mesoamerica or Meso-America is a region and cultural area in the Americas, extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua, within which a number of pre-Columbian society flourished before the Spanish colonization of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries....
. A series of missteps by Atahualpa's generals following his capture led to the quick downfall of the empire.

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