The Sapa Inca (from Quechua Sapan Inka; lit. 'the only emperor') was the monarch of the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu), as well as ruler of the earlier Kingdom...

groups, such as that of Pachamama. The Incas considered their king, the Sapa Inca, to be the "son of the sun". The Inca economy, especially in the past, was...

(around 1515 – 1544) (Manco Inca Yupanqui in Spanish) was the founder and monarch (Sapa Inca) of the independent Neo-Inca State in Vilcabamba, although...

Amaro instead of Amaru) was the last Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State, the final remaining independent part of the Inca Empire. He was executed by the Spanish...

tenth Sapa Inca (1471–93) of the Inca Empire, fifth of the Hanan dynasty. His father was Pachacuti, and his son was Huayna Capac.: 93  Topa Inca belonged...

Andean mountain range. However, shortly after the Inca Civil War, the last Sapa Inca (emperor) of the Inca Empire was captured and killed on the orders of...

along with his brothers in arms and their indigenous allies, captured the Sapa Inca Atahualpa in the 1532 Battle of Cajamarca. It was the first step in a...

Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, also called Pachacútec (Quechua: Pachakutiy Inka Yupanki), was the ninth Sapa Inca of the Chiefdom of Cusco, which he transformed...

be told. At the top of the chain of administration sat the Sapa Inca. Next to the Sapa Inca in terms of power may have been the Willaq Umu, literally the...

was the third Sapa Inca of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire. He was the son of and successor to Túpac Inca Yupanqui.,: 108  the sixth Sapa Inca of the Hanan...

Tupaq (before 1535 – 1549) was a puppet Sapa Inca installed by the Spaniards after the previous Sapa Inca, Manco Inca Yupanqui, rebelled against the Spanish...

or Viracocha (in hispanicized spelling) (c. 1410 – 1438) was the eighth Sapa Inka of the Kingdom of Qusqo (beginning around 1410) and the third of the...

became the Inca ruler after Titu Cusi's sudden death in 1571. At this time the Spanish were still unaware of the death of the previous Sapa Inca (Titu Cusi)...

Tawantin Suyu to expand its empire and defend the sovereignty of the Sapa Inca in its territory. Thanks to the military mit'a, as the empire grew in...

today was most likely royal estates or mobile capitals for Sapa Inca to inhabit. The Sapa Inca naturalized and asserted their political rule through their...

Andean rebellion against the Spanish in Peru as self-proclaimed Sapa Inca of a new Inca Empire. He later became a mythical figure in the Peruvian struggle...

Sapa Inca, the title of the hereditary ruler of the Inca Sapa language, a Southwestern Tai language of Sa Pa, Lào Cai Province, northern Vietnam Sapa...

armed conflicts in South America. c. 1472–1493 Topa Inca Yupanqui, the tenth Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire, extended the realm northward along the Andes...

Quechua: Waskar Inka) also Huáscar , Guazcar (before 1527 – 1532) was Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire from 1527 to 1532. He succeeded his father, Wayna Qhapaq...

Sinchi Ruq'a Inka (Quechua for "valorous generous Inca") (c. 1230 – c. 1260) was the second Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco (beginning around 1230 CE...

local chiefdoms in the Inca Empire received clothes, food, health care, and schooling in exchange for their labour. The Sapa Inca governed by means of personal...

Inca Ruq'a (Quechua Inka Ruq'a, "magnanimous Inca") (c. 1350 – c. 1380) was the sixth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco (beginning around CE 1350) and...

30) (Quechua Lluq'i Yupanki "the glorified lefthander") was the third Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco (beginning around CE 1260) and a member of the...

Inca Empire. The site is at an altitude of 3,701 m (12,142 ft). The complex was built by the Incas in the 15th century, particularly under Sapa Inca Pachacuti...

leadership role of Sapa Inca in this new capital. According to chronicler Diego de Rosales, at the moment of the civil war an Inca army was suppressing...

serpent, machaguay, extends off to the right. During the Inti Raymi, the Sapa Inca and curacas would proceed from the Haucaypata, where they greeted the...

the Inca Kingdom of Cusco into a great and prosperous empire. Despite this fact, Viracocha was still worshiped fervently, but just the Sapa Incas or emperors...

parent. A ñusta could range from being the daughter or half-sister of the Sapa Inca himself, one of his lesser wives, or a wife or daughter of another high-ranking...

native resistance to the expansion of the Inca Empire and was supposedly the mother of Atahualpa, the last Sapa Inca. Her story has become an origin myth in...

was that of a Kuraka or sinchi, until the reign of Inca Roca, who imposed the term Sapa Inca or Inca for shorten, the latter would be used to describe...