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Pachacútec

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Also known as Pachacuti, Pachacutec, Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui

thumb|Depiction of Pachacuti worshipping Inti (Sun god) at [[Coricancha, in the 17th century second chronicles of Martín de Murúa]] thumb|Part of the ruins of Pachacuti's palace in Cusco|Cuzco

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Royalty.name
Pachacuti
Royalty.image
Brooklyn Museum - Pachacuti, Tenth Inca, 1 of 14 Portraits of Inca Kings (cropped).jpg
Royalty.caption
Pachacuti, mid-18th-century painting, anonymous.
Royalty.birth_place
Cusicancha Palace, Cusco, Inca Empire
Royalty.birth_name
Cusi Inca Yupanqui or Ripac
Royalty.birth_date
1403 (del Busto)1418 (Lane)
Royalty.death_place
Patallacta Palace, Cusco, Inca Empire
Royalty.death_date
1471 (Rowe)1448 (Means)
Royalty.succession
Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire
Royalty.reign
1438–1471 (Rowe)1425–1471 (del Busto)1400–1448 (Means)1420–1477 (García Ortiz)1420–1472 (Mendoza del Solar)1410–1450 (Jaguaribe)
Royalty.full name
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui
Royalty.native_lang1
Quechua
Royalty.native_lang1_name1
Pachakutiy Inka Yupanki
Royalty.native_lang2
Spanish
Royalty.native_lang2_name1
Pachacútec/Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui
Royalty.predecessor
Viracocha
Royalty.regent
Amaru Yupanqui (~ 1450)Tupac Yupanqui (1467)
Royalty.reg type
Co-rulers

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Brooklyn Museum - Pachacuti, Tenth Inca, 1 of 14 Portraits of Inca Kings (cropped).jpg
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Commons category
Pachacútec
date of birth
1391-00-00
date of death
1471-00-00
Commons gallery
Pachacútec
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24 sections
Contents
  • Name
  • Historicity
  • Chronology
  • Sources
  • Juan de Betanzos
  • Sarmiento de Gamboa
  • Early life and parentage
  • Rise to power
  • Historical accuracy
  • Reign
  • Expansion of the realm
  • Conquest of Qullasuyu
  • Revolt
  • Expeditions to Chinchaysuyu
  • Amaru Yupanqui
  • Reforms
  • Death and succession
  • Lineage
  • Legacy
  • In popular culture
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

thumb|Depiction of Pachacuti worshipping Inti (Sun god) at [[Coricancha, in the 17th century second chronicles of Martín de Murúa]] thumb|Part of the ruins of Pachacuti's palace in Cusco|Cuzco

Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, also called Pachacútec (, ), was the ninth Sapa Inca of the Chiefdom of Cusco, which he transformed into the Inca Empire (). Most archaeologists now believe that the famous Inca site of Machu Picchu was built as an estate for Pachacuti.

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