Ninan Cuyuchi

Ninan Cuyuchi was an Inca noble who was a candidate for the throne following the death of his father, Huayna Capac. Huayna Capac died around 1525 from an epidemic, possibly smallpox or measles, which had spread from Bolivia.12

Huayna Capac's death triggered a succession crisis. Ninan Cuyuchi was in Tumipampas with his father when he died. A divination ceremony was to be performed to determine if Ninan Cuyuchi should succeed his father, but Huayna Capac died before it could take place. The priest then notified Ninan Cuyuchi that he was to be the next ruler, but Ninan Cuyuchi had contracted the same disease as his father and died shortly after. This event contributed to the civil war that erupted between Huascar and Atahuallpa, two of Huayna Capac's other sons, on the eve of the Spanish conquest.1