Biography tupac amaru

He was executed by the Spanish following a months-long pursuit after the fall of the Neo-Inca State.

Tupac amaru and tupac shakur relationship

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. Following the Spanish conquest of Peru in the s, a few members of the royal family established the small independent Neo-Inca State in Vilcabamba , which was located in the relatively inaccessible Upper Amazon to the northeast of Cusco.

After a Spanish attack in in which Manco Inca Yupanqui was killed, his son Sayri Tupac assumed the title of Sapa Inca emperor, literally "only Inca" , before accepting Spanish authority in , moving to Cuzco and dying perhaps by poison in He was succeeded in Vilcabamba by his brother Titu Cusi , who himself died in At this time, the Spanish were still unaware of the death of the previous Sapa Inca Titu Cusi and had routinely sent two ambassadors to continue ongoing negotiations being held with Titu Cusi.

They were both killed on the border by an Inca captain. Using the justification that the Incas had "broken the inviolate law observed by all nations of the world regarding ambassadors", the new viceroy, Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa , decided to attack and conquer Vilcabamba. He declared war on 14 April The first engagement of the war commenced in the Vilcabamba valley on 1 June.

The Inca people attacked first with much spirit despite being only lightly armed.

What did tupac amaru do

Again and again, they attempted to lift the siege held by the Spanish and their native allies but each time they were forced to retreat. The city had been entirely destroyed and the last remnants of the Inca Empire , the Neo-Inca State now officially ceased to exist. The group, which included his generals and family members, had then split up into smaller parties in an attempt to avoid capture.

Three groups of Spanish soldiers pursued them.