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Manco Inca (1516-1545) Manco Inca was the most successful and capable of the Incas who lived during the time of the Conquest. He had been born a prince whilst his father Huayna Capac was still Inca and was brought up in the full glory of the Inca Empire. He fought both with and against the Spaniards but was never dazzled or seduced by their riches, religion or lifestyle.  Manco Inca first met the conquistadors as they marched towards Cuzco in 1533. Anxious for a puppet-Inca to legitimise their presence and to govern the administrations of the empire, Francisco Pizarro befriended the prince and marched with him towards Cuzco. However, as soon as greater number of Spaniards arrived and the need for a compliant puppet-Inca decreased, Manco was abused and robbed by the conquistadors.Manco was eventually provoked into starting the Great Rebellion, the Inca Empire's most glorious moment of resistance against the Spanish invaders. Manco besieged Cuzco for over a year but the arrival of reinforcements from throughout the Spanish Indies forced him to retreat to Vilcabamba. He still managed to raise a second rebellion the following year but this was fiercely and cruelly suppressed by the conquistadors. Manco survived in his native independent state for over 8 years, building the city of Vilcabamba and launching punitive raids on Spanish settlers and travellers. Sadly, Manco was eventually betrayed and murdered by seven Spanish fugitives that he had harbored and protected in Vilcabamba for a number of years. |  |
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