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Atahualpa

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Atahualpa , d. 1533, favorite son of Huayna Capac, Inca of Peru. At his father's death (1525) he received the kingdom of Quito while his half brother, the legitimate heir Huáscar , inherited the rest of the Inca empire. Shortly before the arrival (1532) of Francisco Pizarro , Atahualpa invaded the domains of Huáscar, whom he defeated and imprisoned, and made himself Inca. On Nov. 16, 1532, Pizarro met Atahualpa at Cajamarca. Invited into the city, Atahualpa was seized and imprisoned. He offered a room full of gold as ransom and at the same time secretly ordered the death of... Read more

Atahualpa
Atahualpa Atahualpa (ca. 1502-1533) was the Inca emperor of Peru whose capture and execution...enabled the conquistadores to secure the Inca lands for the Spanish crown. Atahualpa, whose name means "virile-sweet," was a son of the emperor Huayna Capac... Read more

Atahualpa
Atahualpa (1502–33) (Atabalipa) Last Inca ruler of Peru. The son of...half-brother Huáscar controlled the rest of the Inca kingdom. In 1532 Atahualpa defeated Huáscar, but in November of the same year Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro captured Atahualpa. He was later executed. Read more

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