Manco Capac

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. Manco Capac 1 fl. 12th century. Legendary founder of the Inca dynasty who established Cuzco as the center of what would later become the Inca empire.
2. Manco Capac 2 Died 1544. Last Incan emperor, he was crowned (1534) as a puppet ruler by Francisco Pizarro after the execution of his brother Atahualpa. He later fled Cuzco and mounted a lengthy but ultimately unsuccessful rebellion against Spanish rule.