Cápac Yupanqui (Quechua ''Qhapaq Yupanki Inka'', "splendid accountant Inca") was the fifth

Sapa Inca The Sapa Inca (from Quechua ''Sapa Inka'' "the only Inca") was the monarch of the Inca Empire (''Tawantinsuyu''), as well as ruler of the earlier Kingdom of Cusco and the later Neo-Inca State. While the origins of the position are mythical an ...

of the

Kingdom of Cusco The Kingdom of Cusco (sometimes spelled ''Cuzco'' and in Quechua ''Qosqo'' or ''Qusqu'') was a small kingdom based in the city of Cusco, on the Andean mountain ranges that began as a small city-state founded by the Incas around the start of 13 ...

(beginning around CE 1320) and the last of the Hurin dynasty.

Family

Yupanqui was a son and successor of

Mayta Cápac Mayta Cápac (Quechua ''Mayta Qhapaq Inka'') was the fourth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco (beginning around 1290 CE) and a member of the Hurin dynasty. Family and personal As a son of King Lloque Yupanqui, Mayta Cápac was his heir and the fa ...

while his elder brother Cunti Mayta became high priest.de Gamboa, P.S., 2015, ''History of the Incas'', p 44. Lexington, His chief wife was Mama Cusi Hilpay (or Qorihillpay or Ccuri-hilpay), the daughter of the lord of Anta, previously a great enemy of the Incas.Garcilaso de la Vega, ''The Incas: the royal commentaries of the Inca'' His son with a woman called Cusi Chimbo, founder of the Hanan dynasty, was Inca Roca.Catherine Julien, ''Reading Inca History''

Reign

In legend, Yupanqui is a great conqueror; the chronicler Juan de Betanzos says that he was the first Inca to conquer territory outside the valley of Cuzco—which may be taken to delimit the importance of his predecessors. He subjugated the Cuyumarca and Ancasmarca. His sons from other women included Apu Calla, Humpi, Apu Saca, Apu Chima-chaui, Apu Urco Huaranca, and Uchun-cuna-ascalla-rando. He died in 1350. Garcilaso de la Vega reports that he improved the city of Cuzco with many buildings, bridges, roads and aqueducts.

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