After executing the Inca Atahualpa on 26 July 1533, Francisco Pizarro marched his forces to Cusco, the capital of the Incan Empire.

The advance guard fought a pitched battle with Incan troops in front of the city, securing victory.

[citation needed] The next day, 15 November 1533, Pizarro entered Cusco, accompanied by Manco Inca Yupanqui, a young Inca prince who had survived the massacre that Quizquiz had perpetrated against the nobility in Cusco.

Manco was crowned as Sapa Inca and helped Pizarro to drive Quizquiz back to the North.

[1] Two years later, Quizquiz was killed after being struck down by his own followers, leaving none to lead the Inca Empire since his only equal commander, Chalkuchimac, had been burned in captivity by the Spanish.