Francisca Coya

Doña Francisca Coya (1515-1543 or 1544), also known as María de Sandoval or simply La Coya, was a Princess of the Inca Empire. She was the daughter of Emperor Huayna Capac and his cousin-wife Mama Runtu Coya. She was born in Cuzco, Peru in 1515 and died in Popayán, Colombia, around 1543–44.

Fernando Jurado Noboa described her as "the nurturing mother of Ecuador and Colombia."

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