Túpac Amaru

Emperor

Birthday April 14, 1545

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Peru

DEATH DATE Sep 24, 1572 (27)

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About

Peruvian Indian revolutionary best known as the last Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State, the final remaining independent part of the Inca Empire.   

Before Fame

He received a formal Jesuit education.  

Trivia

Túpac Amaru II was his descendant. Primary school number 239 had been named in his honor, but it closed in the year 2001. Historian El Inca Garcilaso De La Vega claimed that King Philip II disapproved of the public execution of Tupac Amaru. Tupac Amaru's death in the year 1572 has generated great interest centuries after.

Family Life

He was the son of Manco Inca Yupanqui. His siblings were Diego De Castro Titu Cusi Yupanqui and Sayri Túpac. 

Associated With

Rapper Tupac Shakur was named after him.