Huiracocha According to the official history of Tahuantinsuyo, he was the eighth Inca sovereign. Nephew of Yahuar Huaca, he belonged to the Hanan sector. His original name was Hatun Tupac and he was very young when the kingdom of Cuzco was invaded by the Cuntis and his uncle was assassinated. After those fateful days, the main survivors got together and after a heated debate they decided to appoint Hatun Tupac as successor to the deceased sovereign . Subjected to the ritual prior to enthronement, which consisted of abstinence from sex, salt and chili, he took office under the name of Huiracocha, because from a very young age he had dreamed of the god of that name and had adopted him as his protector. Some time later he married Mama Rumo, daughter of the Lord of Anta, a woman who, due to her weak character, could not influence her husband and had Capac Yupanqui and Cusi Yupanqui (Pachacutec) as their children . Among his concubines, Curi Chulpi stands out, who came from the ayllu Ayavilla (Sahuasera); In her he procreated her son Urco, for whom Huiracocha felt a great affection, unlike the treatment he gave to the daughters he had with his main wife.
Expansion of the Inca Empire
He tried to expand the kingdom of Cuzco and put his troops on the march towards Yucay and Calca, easily conquering them. In Calca he had a palace built for himself, but he was unable to control all the subjugated ayllus; there were permanent subversive outbreaks and thus he had to face a rebellion in Pocoy Pacha (Pisac) and put down riots by the pinaguas of Muyna, who were allied with the ayllus of Rondocancha and Casacancha. Later he had to fight the Ayarmacas and Guaiparmacas, who were defeated thanks to the repression exerted by his uncles Vicaquirao and Apo Mayta. He conquered Canchis after weak resistance. In the town of Cacha he built a temple dedicated to Ticci Huiracocha Pachayachachic.
Using divide to win as a political strategy, he fueled the contradictions between the powerful Aymara Colla and Upaca kingdoms . The Incas were supporters of the latter and later Huiracocha won the friendship of the Collas. After a war both kingdoms were weakened and he took advantage of Huiracocha to annex them. Coming from Collao, he retired to his palace in Calca and it was here that his beloved Curi Chulpi suggested that he designate his son Urco . This upset a sector of the elite, because Urco was not the son of the main lady. But Huiracocha insisted on it to the point of abdicating in favor of Urco.
Thus, to the general stupor, Urco put on his mascaipacha (maximum symbol of the power of the Inca ethnic group) and appointed head of his lineage to his brother Sucso . All this created strong antagonisms, which Huiracocha got rid of by retiring to Calca.
Inca Urco's government was a disaster. He lacked courage and had no insight in tactics and strategy, so he did not prepare any conquest expeditions. . He gave himself over to worldly pleasures and it was common to see him in recreational houses. He did not hesitate to look for concubines in the gleba and even raped notable mamaconas (women of legal age who instructed the Inca's chosen ones in the acllahuasi). He also took to drinking and libated himself to the point of drunkenness, vomiting and urinating in the streets of the city. All these attitudes caused discontent among the orejones. An uncle of Inca Urco named Apo Mayta plotted his assassination, but refrained from doing so for fear of retaliation by Huiracocha, who despite the mistakes of his clumsy and corrupt son continued to support him, and behind him was the intriguing Curi Chulpi, whom he loved obsessively.
The Chancas invade Cuzco
This is how things were when the Chancas invaded the kingdom of Cuzco, advanced destroying the towns they found in their path and reached the gates of the capital . Inca Urco and the old man Huiracocha considered that any resistance would be useless and left the city accompanied by their women, wives and servants. With the spirit completely defeated, they left their lordship abandoned, to take refuge in Chita. The defense was then assumed by another of Huiracocha's sons called Cusí Yupanqui (the future Pachacutec), who defeated the Chancas and expelled them from the kingdom . Once the danger was over, everyone hailed Cusí Yupanqui as an Inca, but he respected his father's decision. The latter and Urco, suspicious of the prestige that Cusí Yupanqui had achieved, planned his elimination and prepared an ambush for him in the area of Paca (riverbank of the Tambo River); the trap failed and Inca Urco was executed. When Huiracocha learned of the death of his beloved son, he had no choice but to recognize Cusí Yupanqui as an Inca and he retired to Calca, where he spent the rest of his days.