Tupac Amaru - the second one, that is. He led an uprising against the Spanish occupiers in 1780, and got the full Braveheart:
"Preceding his own beheading, Túpac Amaru II (José Gabriel Condorcanqui) had his tongue cut out, and was then drawn and quartered on the main plaza in Cusco, in the same place his great-grandfather had been beheaded. When the revolt continued, the Spaniards executed the remainder of his family, except his 12-year-old son Fernando, who had been condemned to die with him, but was instead imprisoned in Spain for the rest of his life.
"Amaru's body parts were strewn across the towns loyal to him, his houses were demolished, their sites strewn with salt, his goods confiscated, his relatives declared infamous, and all documents relating to his descent burnt.”
Yes, that’s the fellow after whom Tupac the rapper is named.
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