Heir to the Inca throne, probably born in Cuzco, who was defeated by his half-brother Atahualpa in the struggle for political hegemony of the Inca nation. Shortly before Huayna Cápac died, he divided the state of Tahuantinsuyo between his two sons (1525), the kingdom of Cuzco being for Huáscar, and for his half-brother, Atahualpa, that of Quito (about a fifth smaller).
Reigning in a much smaller territory, Atahualpa soon began to disrespect its territorial limits until he attacked the armies of Cuzco, defeating and imprisoning his emperor on the banks of the river. Apurímac. He who had once been the rightful heir of the entire empire saw his family and members of his court decimated before being taken as a prisoner to Atahualpa in Cajamarca.
After the defeat to the Spaniards, Atahualpa feared that Francisco Pizarro, arrived in Peru (1532), he returned power to his half-brother and then ordered him to be executed in prison, right there in Cajamarca.
Source: http://www.dec.ufcg.edu.br/biografias/
Order I - Biography - Brazil School