# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manco-capac
# Generated: 2026-09-03T03:52:19.479Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manco-capac"
name: "Manco Cápac"
slug: "manco-capac"
description: "The man who may never have existed but still founded an empire. Manco Cápac sits at the edge where history blurs into myth — credited as the first Inca ruler and the architect of Cusco, yet no one can say for certain he walked the earth."
tagline: "1st ruler of the Kingdom of Cuzco (Inca Emperor)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ayarmanco1.JPG"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1200"
deathDate: "1230"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.48
  momentum:             6.325904549984055
  historical:           22.243412
  currentAttention:     28.03093068213202
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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    slug: "historical-figure"
  - name: "Royalty"
    slug: "royalty"
  - name: "Religion"
    slug: "religion"
  - name: "Medieval Era"
    slug: "medieval-era"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "מאנקו קאפאק"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Manco Cápac"
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    title: "Manco Cápac"
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    title: "Manco Capac"
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    title: "マンコ・カパック"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "망코 카팍"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mancus_Capac"
    title: "Mancus Capac"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manko_Kapakas"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Манко Капак"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Sometime before 1200, possibly in the early 13th century, Manco Cápac — also called Manco Inca or Ayar Manco — emerged as the central figure in two foundational legends of the Inca civilization, both tying him to the establishment of Cusco as its seat of power. He married his older sister, Mama Uqllu, who bore his son and successor, Sinchi Ruq'a. Chronicles mention him as the first governor, the one who set the template for what would become an empire stretching across the Andes. But the sources are hazy, the dates approximate, and historians still argue whether he was a real man or a story told to explain a beginning. He died around 1230, leaving behind a city and a question mark.