Túpac Amaru II

José Gabriel Condorcanqui (c. 1742 – 18 May 1781) – known as Túpac Amaru II  – was an indigenous cacique who led a large 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 for independence and indigenous rights movement, as well as an inspiration to myriad causes in Spanish America and beyond.

This article is about an 18th century Peruvian rebel. He is not to be confused with the Inca ruler Túpac Amaru, the contemporaneous rebel Túpac Katari from the region now called Bolivia Tupac Shakur.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Condorcanqui and the second or maternal family name is Noguera.
Túpac Amaru II
Painting of Tupac Amaru II by an anonymous artist c. 1784-1806. Unveiled in 2015, it is the oldest image known to date of the indigenous rebel.
Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire
Reignc. 4 November 1780 - 18 May 1781
PredecessorAtahualpa (as legitimate Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire)
Paullu Inca (as puppet Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire)
Tupac Amaru I (as Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State)
Juan Santos Atahualpa (as indirect predecessor)
BornJosé Gabriel Condorcanqui Noguera
c. 1742
Surimana-Canas, Province of Cusco, Viceroyalty of Peru
DiedMay 18, 1781(1781-05-18) (aged 43)
Cusco, Viceroyalty of Peru
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