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Cases in Peru

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Cases
10
Years
250 to 1781
Region
Latin America
Main subjects
Native nations and islands, Explorers, Latin America, Prehistory
Families
Pizarro family
Updated
30 October 2026
Francisco Pizarro: French: François Pizarre, conquistador (1475-1541) Francisco Pizarro, conqueror (1475–1541)title QS:P1476,fr:"François P1541 · Lima, PeruPizarro's daughter and heir married her imprisoned uncle, his skull was found in a lead box in 1977, and Spain reissued his marquisate in 2019Charles V made Francisco Pizarro a marquis on 10 October 1537. In 1538 his brother Hernando executed Pizarro's former partner, Diego de Almagro, at Cuzco.Boletín Oficial del Estado and 5 moreHp inka12: Hp_inka12.jpg1527 · Cuzco, PeruAtahualpa's captains hanged Huáscar's wives and children on the Cuzco road, burned a dead king's mummy, and killed Huáscar so Pizarro could not free himHuayna Capac died of smallpox near Quito in 1527. Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa records that Cuzco raised his son Huáscar as Inca. Another son, Atahualpa, stayed in the north and said his father had left him poor and dishonoured.Internet Archive and 3 morePartida de casamiento de José Gabriel Túpac Amaru y Micaela Bastidas: Registro parroquial que contiene la partida de matrimonio de José Gabriel Túpac Amaru y Micaela Bastidas. Ubic1781 · Cuzco, PeruA Cuzco chief sued for four years to be recognised as the last Inca's heir, then led the 1780 rebellion with the case still undecidedThe Marquisate of Oropesa was created in 1614 for Ana María Lorenza de Loyola, heir of the Inca Sayri Túpac, after she won a lawsuit against the Crown. It covered Yucay, Huayllabamba, Urubamba and Maras.revistas.pucp.edu.pe and 3 moreMatrimonio de Martín de Loyola con doña Beatriz Ñusta, y de Don Juan Borja con Lorenza Ñusta: Matrimonio de Martín García Óñez de Loyola con la princesa inca Beatriz y de Juan de E1560 · Yucay, Cuzco, PeruAn Inca princess was married to the captain who captured her uncle, their daughter got a Spanish marquisate with the Inca estate of Yucay, and Inca claimants fought for it after the line died outSayri Túpac, Inca of Vilcabamba, left his mountain state in 1557 after the viceroy agreed to give him 17,000 castellanos of rent and the valley of Yucay. He died at Yucay in 1560.Boletín Oficial del Estado and 4 moreDiego Velázquez de Cuéllar: DiegoVelazquezCuellar1538 · Cuzco, PeruDiego de Almagro willed his governorship of New Toledo to his mestizo son, Pizarro ignored the will, and the son's followers killed PizarroDiego de Almagro was Francisco Pizarro's partner in the conquest of Peru. In May 1534 the Crown granted him the right to conquer and settle the lands 200 leagues south of Pizarro's territory, the governorship of New Toledo.revista.agn.gob.pe and 2 moreInca Mummy: Illustration from the book El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno1471 · Cuzco, Peru (mummies taken to Lima)The dead Inca kings kept their palaces, servants and estates, and the Spanish seized their mummies in 1559 and lost them in a Lima hospitalUnder Inca custom the heir received the throne but not his father's property. The dead king's mummy kept its palaces, lands and servants, run by its descendants.Internet Archive and 5 moreCastillo de Huarmey: Grabado del siglo XVII que representa al Castillo de Huarmey (Guarme), costa central del Perú, actual Áncash. Es una antigua construcción preinca, centro admin750 · El Castillo de Huarmey, Áncash, PeruLooters had dug all around it, but the Wari tomb at Castillo de Huarmey held 58 noblewomen and their queens, untouchedEl Castillo de Huarmey is a hill four hours north of Lima, pitted by looters' holes.nationalgeographic.com and 2 moreReconstitution de la Dame de Cao (Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Paris): Reconstitution en taille réelle de la Dame de Cao datation de la tombe : 450 ap. J.-C. Culture Moch450 · Huaca Cao Viejo, El Brujo, Magdalena de Cao, La Libertad, PeThe Lady of Cao was buried with war clubs and a crown, the first Moche woman found with a ruler's emblems, with a teenage girl beside herBefore 2005 archaeologists believed only men held high rank in Moche society. In 2005 a team led by Régulo Franco Jordán, funded by the Wiese Foundation, found a burial chamber in the Huaca Cao Viejo pyramid at El Brujo.andina.pe and 3 moreTomb of the Lord of Sipan: Tomb of the Lord of Sipan250 · Huaca Rajada, Sipán, Lambayeque, PeruLooters emptied a Moche tomb at Sipán in 1987, police shot their leader, and the archaeologist called in found the Lord of Sipán untouched below itIn early 1987 a gang led by Ernil Bernal tunnelled into a mud-brick pyramid at Huaca Rajada near the village of Sipán. On 6 February 1987 they ransacked a tomb and carried gold and silver out in rice sacks, smashing pots and bones.motherjones.com and 3 moreInca Mummy: Illustration from the book El primer nueva corónica y buen gobiernoLegend · 1438 · Cuzco and Caquia Xaquixahuana, PeruSarmiento records that Inca Viracocha named his illegitimate son Urco heir, fled the Chanca attack, and died stripped of his property after his other sons killed UrcoPedro Sarmiento de Gamboa's 1572 history, compiled from the sworn testimony of Inca lineages, records that the Inca Viracocha had four sons by his wife and two by another woman, Ccuri-chulpa.Internet Archive and 2 more