He was the brother of his predecessor Bogotá but the traditional faction of the Muisca considered him an usurper as his nephew Chiayzaque, the cacique of Chía, was the legitimate successor of Tisquesusa.

The daughter of Sagipa, named as Magdalena de Guatavita, married conquistador Hernán Venegas Carrillo, one of the first mestizo marriages in the New Kingdom of Granada.

[1] Sagipa appears with alternative names in the Spanish chronicles; Saquesazippa, Saquezazippa, Sacresasigua, Saxagipa, Sajipa and Zaquezazigua.

[3] The constant attacks by Sagipa and his people drove the Spanish out of the then grassy intermontane flatlands of the Bogotá savanna towards Bosa, now part of the Colombian capital.

De Quesada with only 50 soldiers and Sagipa 12,000[4] to 20,000[5] guecha warriors strong beat the Panche on 20 August 1538 in the Battle of Tocarema and celebrated the victory.