Manco Inca Yupanqui

Manco Inca Yupanqui
Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State
Reign1537–1544
Coronation1537
PredecessorState established
SuccessorSayri Tupaq
Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire
Reign1533–1537
Installation1533
PredecessorTúpac Huallpa (as puppet Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire)
Atahualpa (as legitimate Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire)
SuccessorPaullu Inca (as puppet Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire)
Bornc.1515
Cusco, Inca Empire
Died1544 (aged 29)
Vilcabamba, Neo-Inca State
ConsortCura Ocllo
IssueSayri Túpac, Titu Cusi, Túpac Amaru, Cusi Huarcay
Names
Manco Inca Yupanqui
QuechuaManqu Inka Yupanki
SpanishManco Inca Yupanqui
DynastyHanan Qusqu
FatherHuayna Cápac

Manco Inca Yupanqui (c.1515  1544) was the founder and first Sapa Inca of the independent Neo-Inca State in Vilcabamba, although he was originally a puppet Inca Emperor installed by the Spaniards. He was also known as Manco II and Manco Cápac II. He was one of the sons of Huayna Cápac and a younger brother of Huáscar.:150