Túpac Amaru

Túpac Amaru (14 April 1545 – 24 September 1572) (first name also spelled Tupac, Topa, Tupaq, Thupaq, Thupa, last name also spelled 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 following a months-long pursuit after the fall of the Neo-Inca State.: 11 

For other uses, see Túpac Amaru (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Túpac Amaru II (José Gabriel Condorcanqui, c. 1742–1781) or rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur (1971–1996).

Túpac Amaru
Tupac Amaru, the last Sapa Inca of Vilcabamba
Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State
Reign1571–1572
PredecessorTitu Cusi
SuccessorState abolished
Juan Santos Atahualpa [as self-proclaimed Sapa Inca of a (neo-)Inca Empire]
BornApril 14, 1545
Peru
DiedSeptember 24, 1572(1572-09-24) (aged 27)
Cusco, Viceroyalty of Peru, modern-day Peru
QuechuaTupaq Amaru
DynastyHanan Qusqu
FatherManco Inca Yupanqui

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.

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