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Sayri-Tupac Inca (1535-1561)  "We have never been so well fortified as now, nor so prepared for war... but you must consider that the Sun wishes that I should leave, so that my domain should be increased... I tell you, therefore, that I wish to leave, even though I know that it could cost me my life". (Sayri-Tupac Inca, on leaving Vilcabamba)Sayri-Tupac, meaning "royal tobacco", was appointed Inca after the murder of his father Manco in Vilcabamba. He was only 5 years old at the time and the tiny native state was ruled by a regent until Sayri-Tupac came of age and was crowned with the royal fringe. In 1557, Sayri-Tupac Inca negotiated with the Viceroy Cañete to receive a full pardon and valuable estates around Cuzco. Leaving the royal fringe behind, Sayri-Tupac emerged from Vilcabamba and, after journeying to Lima to meet the Viceroy, settled in his estates. He lived only a few short years before dying suddenly in 1561. |  |
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