native_lang_name father dynasty predecessor successor title name queen issue image article_title native_lang reign
wiraqucha yawar waqaq hanan yawar waqaq pachacuti sapa inca -lrb- 8th -rrb- viracocha mama runu pachacuti hp inka8.jpg viracocha inca
 quechua c. 1410 -- 1438
viracocha inca

viracocha -lrb- in hispanicized spelling -rrb- or wiraqucha -lrb- quechua , the name of a god -rrb- was the eighth `` sapa inca '' of the kingdom of cusco -lrb- beginning around 1410 -rrb- and the third of the hanan dynasty .
his father was yawar waqaq .
his wife 's name was mama runtucaya , and their sons included inca rocca , tupac yupanqui , pachacuti and ccapac yupanqui .
his original name was hatun tupaq inca , but was named `` viracocha '' after seeing visions of the god in urcos .
with ccuri-chulpa , he had two additional sons , inca urco and inca socso .
events in viracocha inka 's life have been recorded by several spanish writers .
the source closest to the original indigenous accounts comes from juan de betanzos , a spanish commoner who rose to prominence by marrying an inka princess and becoming the foremost translator for the colonial government of cusco .
traditional oral histories of the inka have been recorded by the spanish jesuit bernabe cobo .
according to these accounts , including a widely recognized sixteenth century chronology written by miguel cabello balboa , viracocha inka was a `` warlike '' and `` valiant '' prince .
as a young man , viracocha declared that after he took the throne `` he would conquer half the world '' .
however , in 1438 when , according to cobo , the chanka offensive took place , viracocha was advised to leave cusco before the chanca attack .
he left for caquia xaquixahuana , taking his illegitimate sons , inca urco and inca socso .
however , his third son , cusi inca yupanqui refused to abandon cuzco and the house of the sun .
he remained with his brother inca rocca and six other chiefs , who together defeated the chancas .
the spoils were offered to inca viracocha to tread on , but he refused , stating inca urco should do so , as his successor .
inca rocca later killed his brother urco , and inca viracocha died of grief in caquia xaquixahuana .
one chronicler , sarmiento de gamboa , states that viracocha was the first incan to rule the territories he conquered , while his predecessors merely raided and looted them .
his captains , apu mayta and vicaquirau , subdued the area within 8 leagues of cuzco .
he lived to 119 years , of which he reigned 101 .
