# Quispe Sisa > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Quispe_Sisa > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Quispe_Sisa.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quispe_Sisa > Source revision: 1310126235 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Inca princess}} {{refimprove|date=February 2024}} {{Inca civilization}} '''Quispe Sisa''' ({{circa|1518}} – 1559), also known as '''Inés Huaylas Yupanqui''', was an Inca princess, daughter of the [Sapa Inca](/source/Sapa_Inca) [Huayna Capac](/source/Huayna_Capac). She played a role in the [Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire](/source/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Inca_Empire). The [Palace of the Conquest](/source/Palace_of_the_Conquest) in [Trujillo, Spain](/source/Trujillo%2C_Spain) features busts of her, her daughter [Francisca Pizarro Yupanqui](/source/%3Aes%3AFrancisca_Pizarro_Yupanqui), Francisco Pizarro and her daughter's husband, Hernando Pizarro.{{cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/spain/extremadura/trujillo/attractions/palacio-de-la-conquista/a/poi-sig/1065793/360768=|title = Palacio de la Conquista | Trujillo, Spain Attractions}} ==Biography== She was the daughter of the [Sapa Inca](/source/Sapa_Inca) [Huayna Capac](/source/Huayna_Capac) and one of his secondary wives – the [curaca](/source/curaca) of Huaylas, Contarhuacho. She was baptized as Inés Huaylas Yupanqui when she was married via common law at a young age to [conquistador](/source/conquistador) [Francisco Pizarro](/source/Francisco_Pizarro), as conquerors did with the women of the royal families they conquered and subordinated. In 1534, she gave birth to [Francisca Pizarro Yupanqui](/source/Francisca_Pizarro_Yupanqui), and to Gonzalo Pizarro the following year, however Gonzalo died young. She [cohabited](/source/cohabitation) with [Pizarro](/source/Francisco_Pizarro) until 1537. Separated from Pizarro in 1538, she lost custody of her Pizarro children and Francisca Pizarro Yupanqui was exiled to Spain in 1551. Quispe Sisa then married [Conquistador](/source/Conquistador) Francisco de Ampuero. Between 1538 and 1541, she gave birth to three more children – Martín Alonso de Ampuero, Josefa de Ampuero and Francisco de Ampuero. ===Siege of Lima=== During the siege of [Lima](/source/Lima%2C_Peru), led by [Manco Inca Yupanqui](/source/Manco_Inca_Yupanqui), Quispe Sisa sent several runners with messages to her mother in [Huaylas](/source/Huaylas_Province), asking for help. On September 12, 1536, her mother Contarhuacho sent in an army to help Pizarro defend Lima. ==Further reading== * [Alvaro Vargas Llosa](/source/Alvaro_Vargas_Llosa), ''La Mestiza de Pizarro: una mestiza entre dos mundos'' (2003) {{ISBN|84-03-09342-X}} * [Helen Pugh](/source/Helen_Pugh), ''Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire'' (2020) {{ISBN|9781005592318}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/the-great-inca-rebellion/ PBS NOVA "The Great Inca Rebellion"] {{DEFAULTSORT:Sisa, Quispe}} Category:1559 deaths Category:Year of birth uncertain Category:1510s births Category:Inca princesses Category:16th-century Peruvian people Category:16th-century royalty Category:16th-century indigenous women of the Americas Category:16th-century indigenous people of the Americas --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Quispe Sisa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quispe_Sisa) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quispe_Sisa?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.