- Battle of Maraycalla
Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Maraycalla
caption=
partof=theSpanish conquest of Peru
date=1534
place=Maraycalla , present-dayPeru
result=Decisive Spanish victory
combatant1=Spanish Empire
combatant2=Inca Empire
commander1=Pizarro brothers
commander2=Quizquiz
strength1=Unknown
strength2=Unknown
casualties1=Unknown
casualties2=UnknownThe battle of Marayacalla was fought in 1534 between Spanish
conquistador s and renegade forces of theInca Empire , whose capitalCuzco had been taken by the Spaniards in November 1533. The Inca army was commanded by famous generalQuizquiz .
After losing the battle and fleeing into the mountains, the Inca general was infamously slain by his mutinous forces, leaving no major commander to face the spanish occupants until the rising ofManco Inca Yupanqui in the vastsiege of Cuzco , the last major battle of the Incas.
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