Sapa Inca

Statue of the Sapa Inca Pachacuti wearing the Mascapaicha (imperial crown), in the main square of Aguas Calientes, Peru

The Sapa Inca (from Quechua sapa inka; lit. 'the only emperor') was the monarch of the Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyu "the region of the four [provinces]"), as well as ruler of the earlier Kingdom of Cuzco and the later Neo-Inca State. While the origins of the position are mythical and originate from the legendary foundation of the city of Cuzco, it seems to have come into being historically around 1100 AD. Although the Inca believed the sapa Inca to be the son of Inti (the Sun god) and often referred to him as Inti churi "solar son" or Intip churin "son of the Sun", the position eventually became hereditary, with son succeeding father.[1][2][3] The principal wife of the Inca was known as the coya or quya.[3] The Sapa Inca was at the top of the social hierarchy, and played a dominant role in the political and spiritual realm.[3]

Manco Capac, the first Inca monarch, adopted the title capac or qhapaq (roughly translated as "king").[4] Inca Roca, the sixth Inca monarch, was evidently the first to bear the title sapa Inca ("emperor") officially.[5]

There were two known dynasties, led by the Hurin and Hanan moieties respectively.[6] The latter was in power at the time of Spanish conquest. The last effective Sapa Inca of Inca Empire was Atahualpa, who was executed by Francisco Pizarro and his conquistadors in 1533, but several successors later claimed the title.[7]

Other terms for sapa Inca include apu ("lord"), qhapaq Inka ("mighty Inca") or simply sapa ("the only one").

Choosing the Inca

Chronicles identify the Inca as the highest ruler equivalent to European kings of the Middle Ages. However, the original access to that position was not linked to the inheritance of the eldest son, as is for a monarchy, but to the perceived selection of the gods by means of rigorous challenges, to which the physical and moral aptitudes of the pretender were tested.[2] These trials were accompanied by a complex spiritual ritual through which the Sun god, Inti nominated the one who should assume the Inca position.[2] Eventually, with the passage of time, Incas named their favorite son as co-governor with the intention of securing his succession,[8] for example, Huiracocha Inca associated Inca Urco to the throne.[9] The coya, or sapa Inca's primary wife, had significant influence upon making this decision of which son is apt to succeed his father.[3][10]

Functions

Tocapu or symbolic motif thought by Victoria de La Jara to represent the meaning of Sapa Inca (first row, first from the left).

The Sapa Inca was the absolute ruler of the empire and accumulated in his power the political, social, military, and economic direction of the state.[11][3] He ordered and directed the construction of great engineering works, such as Sacsayhuamán, a fortress that took 50 years to complete;[12] or the urban plan of the cities.[13] However, among their most notable works, was the network of roads that crossed the entire empire and allowed a rapid journey for the administrators, messengers, and armies[14] provided with hanging bridges and tambos.[15] They made sure to always be supplied and well cared for,[16] as is reflected in the construction of storehouses scattered throughout the empire and vast food and resource redistribution systems.[3][10] The commander and chief of the standing army founded military colonies to expand the culture and control, while simultaneously ensuring the preservation of that network.[17][3]

At the religious level, they were symbolic of the sun and promoted the worship of Inti, who was regarded as their ancestral father,[18] and organized the calendar.[19] At the political level, they sent inspectors to oversee the loyalty and efficiency of civil servants and collect tribute from the subjugated peoples.[20] The emperors promoted a unified and decentralized government in which Cuzco acted as the articulating axis of the different regions or suyu.[21] They appointed highly trusted governors.[22] At the economic level, they decided how much each province should pay according to its resources.[23] They knew how to win over the curacas to ensure control of the communities. These were the intermediaries through whom they collected taxes.[24][10]

Traditionally, every time an emperor died or resigned, his successor was disinherited from his father's inheritance and formed his own lineage royal clan or panaka, his father's lands, houses and servants were passed to his other children remaining on the previous panaka. The new Sapa Inca had to obtain land and spoils to bequeath to his own descendants.[25] Each time they subdued a people, they demanded that the defeated leader surrender part of their land to continue in command, and whose people pay tribute in the form of labor (mitʼa) and taxes.[26][10]

The Sapa Inca also played a major role in caring for the poor and hungry, hence his other title huacchacoya or waqcha khuyaq "lover and benefactor of the poor".[3] The Sapa was responsible for organizing food redistribution in times of environmental disaster, allocated work via state-sponsored projects, and most notably promoted major state-sponsored religious feasts[3] that followed each successful harvest season.[10]

Distinction symbols

The Inca was divinized both in their actions and their emblems. In public he carried the topayauri ("scepter"), ushno (golden throne), suntur páucar (feathered pike), and the mascapaicha (royal insignia) commonly carried in a llauto (headband), otherwise, the mascapaicha could also be carried on an amachana chuku (military helmet).[11] In religious ceremonies he was accompanied by the sacred white flame, the napa, covered with a red blanket and adorned with gold earrings.[27] With textiles representing a form of status and wealth, it has been speculated that the Sapa Inca never wore the same clothes twice.[10] The community even revered the Sapa after his death, mummifying him and frequently visiting his tomb to "consult" him on pressing affairs.[3]

Pre-Conquest Sapa Incas

First dynasty

Little is known of the rulers of the first dynasty of Sapa Incas. Evidently, they were affiliated with the Hurin moiety and their rule did not extend beyond the Kingdom of Cusco. Their origins are tied to the mythical establishment of Cusco and are shrouded in the later foundation myth. The dynasty was supposedly founded by Manco Cápac, who is considered the son of the Sun god Inti in Inca mythology.[28]

Title Sapa Inca Picture Birth Queen Death
Inca of Cusco Manco Capac
(Manqu Qhapaq)
c. 1200–1230		 Considered the son of
the sun god Inti		 Mama Ocllo
(Mama Uqllu)		 c. 1230
Sinchi Roca
(Sinchi Ruq'a)
c. 1230–1260		 Son of Manco Cápac Mama Cora
(Mama Qura)		 c. 1260
Lloque Yupanqui
(Lluq'i Yupanki)
c. 1260–1290		 Son of Sinchi Roca Mama Cahua
(Mama Qawa)		 c. 1290
Mayta Capac
(Mayta Qhapaq)
c. 1290–1320		 Son of Lloque Yupanqui Mama Takukaray c. 1320
Capac Yupanqui
(Qhapaq Yupanki)
c. 1320–1350		 Son of Mayta Cápac Mama Chimpu Qurihillpay c. 1350

As a rough guide to the later reputation of the early Sapa Incas, in later years capac meant warlord and sinchi meant leader.

Second dynasty

The second dynasty was affiliated with the Hanan moiety and was founded under Inca Roca, the son of the last Hurin Sapa Inca, Cápac Yupanqui. After Cápac Yupanqui's death, another of his sons, Inca Roca's half-brother Quispe Yupanqui, was intended to succeed him. However, the Hanan revolted and installed Inca Roca instead.[2]

Title Sapa Inca Picture Birth Queen Death
Inca of Cusco Inca Roca
(Inka Ruqa)
c. 1350–1380		 Son of Cápac Yupanqui Mama Mikay c. 1380
Yahuar Huacac
(Yawar Waqaq)
c. 1380–1410		 Son of Inca Roca Mama Chikya c. 1410
Viracocha
(Wiraqucha Inka)
c. 1410–1438		 Son of Yáhuar Huácac Mama Runtu Quya 1438
Pachacuti
(Pachakuti)
1438–1471		 Son of Viracocha Mama Anawarkhi 1471
Topa Inca Yupanqui
(Tupa Inka Yupanki)
1471–1493		 Son of Pachacuti Mama Ocllo Coya
(Mama Uqllu Quya)		 1493
Huayna Capac
(Wayna Qhapaq)
1493–1527		 Son of Túpac Inca Yupanqui Cusirimay
(Kusi Rimay)
Rahua Ocllo
(Rawa Uqllu)		 1527
Huascar
(Waskhar)
1527–1532		 Son of Huayna Capac Chuqui Huipa 1533
Killed by Atahualpa's agents.
Atahualpa
(Ataw Wallpa)
1532–1533		 Son of Huayna Capac Asarpay
(Asarpay)		 26 July 1533
Killed by the conquistadors.

Ninan Cuyochi, who was Inca for only a few days in 1527, is sometimes left off the list of Sapa Incas because news of his death from smallpox arrived in Cusco very shortly after he was declared Sapa Inca. He had witnessed the death of his father Huayna Cápac. The death of Ninan, the presumed heir, led to the Inca Civil War between Huáscar and Atahualpa, a weakness that the conquistadors exploited when they conquered the Inca Empire.[10]

Post-Conquest Sapa Incas

Title Sapa Inca Picture Birth Death Notes
Inca of Incas Túpac Huallpa
(Tupa Wallpa)
1533		 Son of Huayna Capac 1533 Installed by Francisco Pizarro.
Manco Inca Yupanqui
(Manqu Inka Yupanki)
1533–1544		 Son of Huayna Capac 1544 Installed by Francisco Pizarro. Led a revolt against the Spanish in 1536; after his defeat, established the Neo-Inca State in Vilcabamba before being killed by Almagristas.
Paullu Inca
(Pawllu Inka)
1536–1549		 Son of Huayna Capac 1549 Installed by the Spanish after Manco Inca rebelled; ruled in Cuzco.
Inca of Vilcabamba Sayri Túpac
(Sayri Tupa)
1544–1560		 Son of Manco Inca Yupanqui 1560 Ruled in Vilcabamba.
Titu Cusi
(T’itu Kusi)
1563–1571		 Son of Manco Inca Yupanqui 1571 Ruled in Vilcabamba.
Túpac Amaru
(Tupa Amaru)
1571–1572		 Son of Manco Inca Yupanqui 24 September 1572
Excecuted by the Spanish		 Ruled in Vilcabamba. The last Sapa Inca.

This last Sapa Inca must not be confused with Túpac Amaru II, who was leader of an 18th-century Peruvian uprising.

Family tree

DYNASTY OF THE Sapa Inca
First Dynasty
Manco Cápac
1st Sapa Inca
of Cusco
(c. 1200–1230)		Mama Uqllu
Sinchi Roca
2nd Sapa Inca
of Cusco
(c. 1230–1260)		Mama Qura
Lloque Yupanqui
3rd Sapa Inca
of Cusco
(c. 1260–1290)		Mama Qawa
Mayta Cápac
4thSapa Inca
of Cusco
(c. 1290–1320)		Mama Takukaray
Cunti Mayta
high priest		Cápac Yupanqui
5th Sapa Inca
of Cusco
(c. 1320–1350)		Mama Chimpu QurihillpayCusi Chimbo
Quispe Yupanqui
heir apparent to 1350		Inca Roca
6th Sapa Inca
of Cusco
(c. 1350 – c. 1380)
younger son of Cápac Yupanqui
chosen Sapa Inca when the Hanan moiety rebelled against the Hurin moiety		Mama Mikay
Second Dynasty
Apu Mayta
a nephew & great warrior		Yáhuar Huácac
7th Sapa Inca
of Cusco
(c. 1380 – c. 1410)		Mama ChikyaInca PaucarHuaman Taysi IncaVicaquirau Inca
a great warrior
Viracocha
8th Sapa Inca
of Cusco
(c. 1410–1438)		Mama RuntucayaCcuri-chulpa
Inca Rocca
heir apparent		Tupac YupanquiCusi Inca Yupanqui
Pachacuti
9th Sapa Inca
of Cusco
1st Emperor of Inca Empire
(1438–1471)		Mama AnahuarquiCcapac YupanquiInca UrcoInca Socso
Tupac Ayar MancoApu PaucarTupac Inca Yupanqui
10th Sapa Inca
of Cusco
2nd Emperor of Inca Empire
(c. 1441 – c. 1493)		Mama Ocllo
Queen Kusi RimayTitu Cusi Hualpa
Huayna Capac
11th Sapa Inca
of Cusco
3rd Emperor of Inca Empire
(c.1468–1524, probably of smallpox)		Rahua OclloAuqui Tupac Inca
d. 1524 w/his brother and nephew, prob. of smallpox		90 illegitimate sons and daughters, incl. Ccapac Huari, who tried to succeed his father
Ninan Cuyochi
Crown Prince
(1490–1527)
d. w/his father and uncle, probably of smallpox		Thupaq Kusi Wallpa
Huáscar
(Waskar)
12th Sapa Inca
of Cusco
4th Emperor of Inca Empire
(1491–1532)		Chuqui HuipaAtahualpa
13th Sapa Inca
of Cusco
5th Emperor of Inca Empire
(c. 1502 – 26 July 1533)		Coya Asarpay
(died 1533)		 Thupaq Wallpa
14th Sapa Inca
of Cusco
6th Emperor of Inca Empire
(installed by Pizarro 1533)		 Manco Inca Yupanqui
15th Sapa Inca
of Cusco
7th Emperor of Inca Empire
1st Ruler of Neo-Inca State
(1533 – revolted 1536 – 1544)
 Paullu Inca
16th Sapa Inca
of Cusco
8th Emperor of Inca Empire
(installed by Pizarro 1536–1549)		Atoc, Konono, Wanka Auqui, Kizu Yupanqui, Tito Atauchi, Waman Wallpa, Kusi Wallpa, Tilka Yupanqu, & +
Sayri Túpac
17th Sapa Inca
2nd Ruler of Neo-Inca State
(c. 1535–1561)		 Titu Cusi
18th Sapa Inca
2nd Ruler of Neo-Inca State
(1529–1571)		 Túpac Amaru
19th & last Sapa Inca
3rd Ruler of Neo-Inca State
(1545 – 24 September 1572)		descendants, incl son Carlos Inca, his son Melchor Carlos Inca, and his son Juan Melchor Carlos Inca


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  4. ^ McEwan, Gordon Francis (2006-01-30). The Incas: New Perspectives. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-85109-579-7. Ayar Manco was selected as leader of the group and adopted the title Capac (roughly translated as King). As Manco Capac, he led the group toward a promised land where they were to settle.
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