He was the XI Inca.This immense empire had expanded along the coast of South of Peru, Chile (Tacna), Argentina (Tucumán) and Bolivia (Sucre).He defeated the Chachapoyas (Peru), and annexed the Gulf of Guayaquil regionIn Azuay, he ordered the construction of Ingapirca's palace on the fortress of Hatun Cañar, that belonged to the defeated Cañaris civilization (1475). In 1487, there was a confrontation with the Confederation Quito in Atuntaqui, where Cacha Duchiceladied and Huayna Cápac won. The corpses of the fighters in the battle and the prisoners beheaded were thrown into the lake of the capital Caranqui, called since then Yaguarcocha. The bosses of the defeated army of Quito gathered in assembly, and they named Paccha (daughter of the dead chief ) as a Shyri (queen). Huayna Cápac, proposed a marriage alliance. Therefore, Paccha married the Inca and became a Ñusta ( foreign princess of the Incario). They established his residence in Quito.In 1490, Huayna Cápac returned to the south and he reduced the uprisingsin Paita, Túmbez and the Huancavilcas from Puná Island, and returned to Cuzco. Years later, he returned to Quito and advanced on the current Ecuadorian provinces of Manabi and Esmeraldas, and Colombiansof Nariño, Cauca and Valle. Back in Quito, many members of his court and he himself became seriously ill of smallpox. He died in 1525.
