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cuzco , viceroyalty of peru 18 may 1781 surimana-canas , cuzco , viceroyalty of peru josé gabriel túpac amaru , josé gabriel condorcanqui noguera 19 march 1738 tupac amaru ii , oleo.jpg túpac amaru ii
 túpac amaru ii
túpac amaru ii

josé gabriel túpac amaru -lrb- march 19 , 1738 -- may 18 , 1781 -rrb- -- known as túpac amaru ii -- was the leader of an indigenous uprising in 1780 against the spanish in peru .
although unsuccessful , he later became a mythical figure in the peruvian struggle for independence and indigenous rights movement , as well as an inspiration to myriad causes in hispanophone america and beyond .
túpac amaru ii was born josé gabriel condorcanqui in surimana , tungasuca , in the province of cuzco , and received a jesuit education at the `` san francisco de borja '' school , although he maintained a strong identification with the indigenous culture and population .
he was a mestizo who claimed to be a direct descendant of the last inca ruler túpac amaru .
he had been given the title of marquis of oropesa , a position that allowed him some voice and political leverage during spanish rule .
between 1776 and 1780 condorcanqui went into litigation with the betancur family over the right of succession of the marquisate of oropesa and lost the case .
in 1760 , he married micaela bastidas puyucahua of afro-peruvian and indigenous descent .
tupac amaru ii inherited the caciqueship , or hereditary chiefdom of tungasuca and pampamarca from his older brother , governing on behalf of the spanish governor .
he was quartered and beheaded by the colonial authorities in cuzco in 1781 .
