Overview
Cura Ocllo (died 1539) was an Inca queen (Coya), the wife and sister of Manco Inca Yupanqui, puppet and later remnant ruler of the Inca Empire from 1533 until his death in 1544. Her abduction and rape by Gonzalo Pizarro contributed to the split between her spouse and the Spanish and the start of the Inca rebellion against the Spanish.
Life
Her husband was named Sapa Inca in October 1533 after the death of their common brother Túpac Huallpa, who in his turn had succeeded Atahualpa upon his execution by the Spaniards three months earlier. Manco initially worked as a puppet ruler from the Cuzco branch of the Inca royal family of Huayna Capac, having challenged Atahualpa and the northern tribes from Quito in the Inca Civil War.
Cura Ocllo had a son, Sayri Tupac, with Manco Inca in 1535, during Manco's time in captivity. During the time when Manco Inca was the puppet ruler of the Spaniards in Cuzco, Francisco Pizzarro left for Lima, appointing Juan Pizarro governor of Cuzco with a garrison of two hundred Spaniards, in his absence. Juan Pizarro had a bad relationship with Manco Inca, and the Spaniards under Juan and Gonzalo Pizzaro subjected Manco Inca and his court to abuse in Francisco Pizzarro's absence.
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