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 region
In Azuay, he ordered the construction of Ingapirca'spalace 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 Atuntaquiwhere Cacha Duchicela died 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 uprisings
in 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 Colombians of Nariño, Cauca and
Valle. Back in Quito, many members of his court and he himself became seriously
ill of smallpox. He died in 1525.
