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Atahualpa was the son of the emperor Huayna Cápac, who died around 1525 along with his successor, Ninan Cuyochi, in a smallpox epidemic. Atahualpa initially accepted his half-brother Huáscar as the new emperor, who in turn appointed him as governor of Quito in the north of the empire.
Atahuallpa (born c. 1502—died August 29, 1533, Cajamarca, Inca empire [now in Peru]) was the 13th emperor of the Incas, who achieved victory in a devastating civil war with his half brother only to be captured, held for ransom, and then executed by Francisco Pizarro.
Mar 17, 2016 · Atahualpa (Atawallpa) was the last ruler of the Inca Empire. He reigned from 1532 until his capture and execution by the invading Spanish forces led by Francisco Pizarro in 1533.
Jun 4, 2019 · Atahualpa was the last of the native lords of the mighty Inca Empire, which spanned parts of present-day Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Colombia. He had just defeated his brother Huascar in a violent civil war when Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro arrived in the Andes mountains.
Jul 29, 2014 · Atahualpa arrived at their meeting point carried in a litter by 80 noblemen and surrounded by 6,000 soldiers. Shortly afterwards, Pizarro ordered the attack. Cannons began to roar with deadly accuracy.
May 17, 2011 · Atahualpa (ca. 1502-1533) was the Inca emperor of Peru whose capture and execution by Francisco Pizarro enabled the conquistadores to secure the Inca lands for the Spanish crown.
Atahualpa or Atawallpa (c. 1502 – 1533) was the 13th, and last, emperor of the Tahuantinsuyo, or Inca empire. He became emperor upon defeating his older half-brother, Huáscar, in a civil war sparked by the death of their father, Inca Huayna Capac, from an infectious disease thought to be malaria or smallpox .
ATAHUALLPA (c. 1502 – 1533) was the thirteenth ruler of the Inca Empire and the last to preside over it before its conquest by the Spanish. Present-day Andean people envision Atahuallpa as a messiah. In poetry, drama, and legend, he is associated with both autochthonous and Roman Catholic beliefs.
Atahualpa. (c. 1502—1533) Quick Reference. (died 1533) The last ruler of the Inca empire, son of Huayna Capac. Ruling from 1525 in Quito (now in Ecuador), he defeated Huáscar, his half‐brother and co‐ruler in Cuzco, whom he killed after the battle of Huancavelica in 1530.
While traveling to the Inca capital Cuzco to claim his throne, Atahualpa was seized at the town of Cajamarca by a small band of Spanish troops led by Francisco Pizarro.
