Manco II Biography

Birth of Manco II

Approaches Francisco Pizarro and Diego de Almagro in Cajamarca to negotiate a pact, to rule the Inca peoples and Peru since all of the royal nobles were dead

Manco is crowned the ruler of the Inca in Cuzco by Francisco Pizarro, and allowed to rule his people

Manco is crowned the ruler of the Inca in Cuzco by Francisco Pizarro, and allowed to rule his people. Does not realize that he is being used by Pizarro as a puppet ruler for the Spanish conquistadors, who planned to conquer his country and its people

The Pizarro brothers so mistreated Manco Inca that he ultimately tried to escape, he failed, is captured and imprisoned but released two months later on the behalf of the Spaniards to please their Inca subjects

The Pizarro brothers so mistreated Manco Inca that he ultimately tried to escape, he failed, is captured and imprisoned but released two months later on the behalf of the Spaniards to please their Inca subjects

The surviving armies retreated to the nearby fortress of Ollantaytambo, from which they had launched several successful attacks against the Spaniards and the Inca renegades, defeating them at the Battle of Ollantaytambo. Abandoning Ollantaytambo (and effectively giving up the highlands of the empire), Manco Inca retreated to Vitcos and finally to the remote jungles of Vilcabamba, which became the capital of the empire

The siege is ultimately unsuccessful even though Mancos forces were able to reclaim the city for a few days, many of Manco Incas warriors succumbed to smallpox and died. In order to retake the Empire from the Spanish, Manco gathered an army of 200,000 Inca warriors attempting to take advantage of a disagreement between Diego de Almagro and Francisco Pizarro, he marched on the city of Cuzco

From 1536-1537, Manco split his forces, adopting a strategy to drive the Spanish invaders out of Peru with an army of 30,000 Inca warriors and attacked the fort of Lima, where Francisco Pizarro was residing.

Met 300 Spanish soldiers and over 20,000 renegade warriors from the Empire, and once again were defeated.

The surviving armies retreated to the nearby fortress of Ollantaytambo, from which they had launched several successful attacks against the Spaniards and the Inca renegades, defeating them at the Battle of Ollantaytambo.

Manco is able to escape from Cuzco on April 18, this time with success