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| Don Titu Kusi Yupanki | |
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| Sapa Inca of theNeo-Inca State | |
| Reign | 1560–1571 |
| Coronation | 1563 |
| Predecessor | Sayri Tupac |
| Successor | Túpac Amaru |
| Born | 1529 Cusco,Inca Empire, modern-dayPeru |
| Died | 1571 Vilcabamba,Neo-Inca State, modern-day Peru |
| Dynasty | Hanan Qusqu |
| Father | Manco Inca Yupanqui |
Don Diego de Castro Titu Kusi Yupanki (Spanish:[ˈdjeɣoðeˈkastɾoˈtituˈkusiʝuˈpaŋki];Quechua:Titu Kusi Yupanki[ˈtɪtʊˈkʊsɪjʊˈpæŋkɪ]) (1529 – 1571) was anInca ruler ofVilcabamba and the penultimate leader of theNeo-Inca State. He was a son ofManco Inca Yupanqui, He was crowned in 1563, after the death of his half brother,Sayri Tupac. He ruled until his death in 1571, probably ofpneumonia.[1]: 10–11
During his rule at Vilcabamba, the provisional governor-generalLope Garcia de Castro wanted to negotiate with him. The negotiations were about Cusi leaving the Vilcabamba and accepting a Crown pension. After negotiations escalated, around 1568, Titu Cusi wasbaptized into theRoman Catholic Church, as Diego de Castro.[1]: xiv, 14–15
Titu Cusi madeTúpac Amaru a priest and custodian of Manco Inca's body in Vilcabamba.
Túpac Amaru became the Inca ruler after Titu Cusi's death in 1571. Titu Cusi's close companion Martín de Pando, who had worked as a scribe for the Inca for over ten years and Augustinian FriarDiego Ortiz were blamed for killing Titu Cusi by poisoning him. Both were killed.[1]: 16
Cusi is the "narrator" and source ofAn Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru, a firsthand account of the Spanish invasion, narrated by him in 1570 to Spanish missionary Fray Marcos García and transcribed by Martín de Pando, hismestizo assistant.[1]: 12
The resulting hybrid document offers a unique Inca perspective on the conquest. The confusion and misunderstandings of first contact are described in the account, including beliefs that the Spaniards were gods. The section that describes the moment whenManco Inca, the father of the author and the brother ofAtahualpa, receives the first news of the Spaniards' arrival from coastal tribesman is of particular note.[1]: 64
When my father heard this, he was beside himself and said, "How dare those people intrude into my country without my authorisation and permission? Who are these people and what are their ways?" The messengers answered, "Lord, these people cannot but be gods, for they claim to have come by the wind. They are bearded people, very beautiful and white. They eat out of silver plates. Eventheir sheep, who carry them, are large and wearsilver shoes. Theythrow yllapas like the sky... Moreover, we have witnessed with our own eyes that they talk towhite cloths by themselves and that they call some of us by our names without having been informed by anyone and only looking into the sheets, which they hold in front of them... Who could people of this manner and fortune be but Viracochas?"
— Titu Cusi Yapanqui (1570),An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru[1]: 64
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