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Atahualpa
Atahualpa was the last Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire before the Spanish conquest. A son of Huayna Capac, he defeated his half-brother Huáscar in the civil war of 1529–1532, but in November 1532 Francisco Pizarro captured him at Cajamarca. Although he paid a huge ransom in gold and silver, the Spanish executed him in July 1533.
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