Titu Cusi

Titu Cusi Yupanqui (* around 1529, † 1571), according to Peruvian Quechua case Titu Kusi Yupanki, was from 1560 to his death in the seventeenth Inca king, the third of Vilcabamba, the last refuge of the Incas. It is significant with a comprehensive report that he sent to the king of Spain, Philip II, in which he complains in the European forms to clarify legal matters concerning the conquest of the kingdom of his ancestors and adequate compensation demands. The work is unique in that an at least nominally free ruler of a pre-Columbian civilization recites his view of the Spanish Conquest.

Life

He was a son of Manco Capac II and brother of Sayri Túpac. When he abdicated after negotiations with the Spaniards, was Titu Cusi Yupanqui his successor. He negotiated with the Spaniards also have a formal handover of sovereignty to a royal pension, to which it did not come. However, he admitted that missionaries came to Vilcabamba. At times, he supported revolutionary movements against Spanish rule, but maneuvered skillfully diplomatically and was thus able to preserve a piece of autonomy for his rump state of the Inca Empire. According to tradition, he was baptized in 1568 by himself and received the Spanish name Diego de Castro Titu Cusi Yupanqui. His death, which may have been caused by pneumonia, poisoning was attributed by the Spaniards, which led to renewed clashes and the killing of missionaries. His brother Túpac Amaru became his successor.

Work

• Martin Lienhard (ed.): Titu Kusi Yupanki: The struggle against the Spaniards. An Inca King reported. Dusseldorf 2003.
• Francisco Carrillo ( eds.): Titu Kusi Yupanki: Relacion de la conquista del Peru. Lima 1973.

• Inca ruler
• Born in the 16th century
• Died in 1571
• Man