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Tupac Huallpa
Inca Tupac Huallpa (?-1533) was a puppet Inca ruler during the Spanish conquest of Peru, led by Francisco Pizarro. He was the younger brother of Atahualpa and Huascar. After Atahualpa's death, the Spaniards appointed Tupac Huallpa as a puppet-Inca and ensured he was crowned with great pomp and ceremony. All this was done to convince the natives they were still being ruled by an Inca, while the Spaniards further sought for more gold. Unfortunately, Tupac Huallpa grew ill on the Spaniard's subsequent march to Cuzco and died at Juaja in 1533. He was succeded by his brother Manco Inca Yupanqui
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