The Coya Coya Cusirimay (

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1493), was a princess and queen consort, ''Coya'', of the

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by marriage to her brother, the

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Huayna Capac Huayna Capac (; Cuzco Quechua: ''Wayna Qhapaq'' ) (before 14931527) was the third Sapa Inca of Tawantinsuyu, the Inca Empire. He was the son of and successor to Túpac Inca Yupanqui,Sarmiento de Gamboa, Pedro; 2015, originally published in Sp ...

(r. 1493–1527). She was said to be responsible for the relief and well being of her people after natural disasters struck. She was second in command to the emperor. Coya Cusirimay was the daughter of the Inca

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and Mama Ocllo Coya, and the full sister of Huayna Capac. After his succession to the throne in 1493, she married her brother in accordance with custom. She thereby became the 11th coya of the Inca Empire. Coya Cusirimay had no sons, and reportedly died early on in the reign of her spouse.

References

General references

* Burr Cartwright Brundage: Empire of the Inca * Susan A. Niles: The Shape of Inca History: Narrative and Architecture in an Andean Empire * Reiner Tom Zuidema: The Ceque System of Cuzco: The Social Organization of the Capital of the Inca {{DEFAULTSORT:Cusirimay, Coya Inca royal consorts 15th-century births 15th-century indigenous people of the Americas 15th-century women Spanish colonization of the Americas Indigenous people of the Andes Year of death unknown