- Titu Cusi
Don Diego de Castro Titu Cusi Yupanqui (1529 - 1571) was a son of
Manco Inca Yupanqui , and became theInca ruler of Vilcabamba in 1558. He ruled until his death in 1571.During his rule at Vilcabamba, Peruvian Viceroy
Francisco de Toledo wanted to negotiate with him. The negotiations were about Cusi leaving the fortress and accepting a Crown pension. After negotiations escalated, around 1568, Cusi was baptized into theRoman Catholic Church .Titu Cusi made
Túpac Amaru a priest and custodian of Manco Inca's body inVilcabamba . Túpac Amaru became the Inca ruler after Titu’s death in 1571. His close companionFriar Diego Ortiz was blamed for killing Titu by poisoning him.References
* "An Inca Account of the Conquest of Peru" by Titu Cusi Yupanqui, trans. Ralph Bauer ISBN 0-87081-821-X
* "Andean Worlds" by Kenneth J. Andrien. ISBN 0-8263-2358-8External links
* Jacobs, James Q. [http://www.jqjacobs.net/andes/tupac_amaru.html "Tupac Amaru, The Life, Times, and Execution of the Last Inca"] .
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