Atahuallpa
Atahuallpa, also spelled Atahualpa (born circa 1502 - died August 29, 1533, Cajamarca, Inca Empire [now Peru]) was the 13th and last emperor of the Inca, who defeated his older half brother Huáscar in a civil war for control of the southern half of the empire. Atahuallpa was later betrayed and captured November 16th 1532 by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro.
Atahuallpa was ransomed by the Inca people for a room full of gold and a room full of silver. However Pizarro had no intention of freeing Atahuallpa, and instead had him strangled August 29th 1533 for killing Huáscar. The resultant flood of gold sent to Spain from the New World caused a price inflation in Europe.
His death marked the end of the Inca Empire, called Tawantinsuyu in Quechua.
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