The Inca Princess Who Outplayed Her Conqueror
Colonial Americas

The Inca Princess Who Outplayed Her Conqueror

When the last Inca emperor died in a Spanish jail, his widow married his conqueror—and used that marriage to save everything the Spanish were trying to erase.

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Colonial AmericasInca EmpireConquest of PeruIndigenous HistoryWomen in History16th CenturySpanish Empire

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