Manco Capac

(mängˈkō kä-päkˈ) fl. 12th century.

Legendary founder of the Inca dynasty who established Cuzco as the center of what would later become the Inca empire.

Last Incan emperor, he was crowned (1534) as a puppet ruler by Francisco Pizarro after the execution of his brother Atahualpa. He later fled Cuzco and mounted a lengthy but ultimately unsuccessful rebellion against Spanish rule.

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