Garcilaso de la Vega, (b. Gómez Suárez de Figueroa, c. 1539 in Cusco, Peru) was an illustrious Peruvian poet and acclaimed writer on the subject of the Incas. He is more commonly known as "El Inca" Garcilaso de la Vega, or simply "El Inca". Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... City nickname: La Ciudad Imperial (The Imperial City) Mayor Carlos Valencia Population  - Total 278 590 (1998 estimate) Time zone UTC-5 Height 3399 m Latitude Longitude 13°3045 S 71°5833 W Official website: www. ... For other meanings of Inca, see Inca (disambiguation). ...

Born of Spanish artistocratic and royal Inca roots, he was the son of Spanish conquistador Sebastián Garcilaso de la Vega and Inca princess Isabel Suárez Chimpu Ocllo, who was a niece of the powerful Inca Huayna Capac. A native Quechua speaker born in Cusco, Garcilaso wrote accounts of Inca life, history, and the conquest by the Spanish. The Ancient Greek term Aristocracy meant a system of government with rule by the best. This is the first definition given in most dictionaries. ... A royal family is the extended family of a monarch. ... Conquistador (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who achieved the Conquista (this Spanish term is generally accepted by historians), i. ... Huayna Capac (Quechua Wayna Qhapaq splendid youth) was the eleventh Sapa Inca (1493 - 1527) of the Inca Empire, and sixth of the Hanan dynasty. ... Quechua (Standard Quechua, Runasimi Language of People) is an Native American language of South America. ... City nickname: La Ciudad Imperial (The Imperial City) Mayor Carlos Valencia Population  - Total 278 590 (1998 estimate) Time zone UTC-5 Height 3399 m Latitude Longitude 13°3045 S 71°5833 W Official website: www. ... Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Americas of Christopher Columbus in 1492. ...

Garcilaso was educated in Spain after his father's death in 1560. At the time, marriages between the Spanish and native people of the Americas were not recognized in Spain. Garcilaso had to present his case in the Spanish courts in order to receive payment for his service to the crown. Embittered by his illegitimacy in Spain and proud of his Inca heritage, Garcilaso took on the name "El Inca". By that time, "Inca" meant the ruling family, not the general people. He remained in Spain and did not return to his native country (now Peru) due to the danger his royal Inca lineage presented in uncertain times. He entered the Spanish military service in 1570, and received the rank of captain. Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. ... World map showing the Americas The Americas commonly refers to the landmass of the Western Hemisphere, consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... Events January 23 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war February 25 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the bull Regnans in Excelsis May 20 - Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas. ... Captain is both a nautical term and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ...

It was in Spain that Garcilaso wrote his famous Comentarios Reales de los Incas (1609) based on stories he had been told by his Inca relatives when he was a child in Cusco. The Comentarios contained two sections: the first about Inca life, and the second about the Spanish conquest of Peru. Many years later, when the guerilla Tupac Amaru II gained traction, a royal edict by Carlos III of Spain banned the Comentarios from being published in Lima due to its "dangerous" content. The book was not printed again in the Americas until 1918, but copies continued to be circulated. There lies Peru with its riches; Here, Panama and its poverty. ... Túpac Amaru II (March 19, 1738 in Tinta, Peru – January 1780) In 1780 Túpac Amarus great-grandson, José Gabriel Condorcanqui, better known as Túpac Amaru II, led the first major Incan uprising against the Spaniards in two centuries. ... Charles III (January 20, 1716 - December 14, 1788) was king of Spain from 1759 to 1788. ... Also called: La Ciudad de los Reyes (The City of Kings) Founded January 18, 1535 Subdivisions 30 districts Mayor Luis Castañeda Lossio Area 2,664. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...

Garcilaso de la Vega's portrait and house circulated in Peru in this 70's "diez soles de oro" bill

"El Inca" Garcilaso de la Vega died in April 23, 1616 at the age of 77, at the same date of the death of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (author of Don Quixote) and William Shakespeare. Notice that since the Spanish Empire followed the Gregorian calendar and England, the Julian calendar, these deaths did not happen on the same day. Image File history File links 1975garcilaso_billete. ... Image File history File links 1975garcilaso_billete. ... The sol (plural: soles) (S/.) is the monetary unit (currency) of Peru. ... Events October 25 — Dirk Hartog makes the second recorded landfall by a European on Australian soil, at an island off the Western Australian coast Pocahontas arrives in England War between Venice and Austria Collegium Musicum founded in Prague Nicolaus Copernicus De revolutionibus is placed on the Index of Forbidden Books... Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (September 29, 1547 - April 23, 1616), was a Spanish author, best known for his novel Don Quixote de la Mancha. ... Don Quixote de la Mancha (now usually spelled Don Quijote by Spanish-speakers; Don Quixote is an archaic spelling) (IPA: ) is a novel by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Inscription on the tomb of Pope Gregory XIII celebrating the introduction of the Gregorian Calendar The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nearly everywhere in the world. ... The Julian calendar was introduced in 46 BC by Julius Caesar and took force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ...

Cusco's main stadium, Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega, was named after him in 1950. City nickname: La Ciudad Imperial (The Imperial City) Mayor Carlos Valencia Population  - Total 278 590 (1998 estimate) Time zone UTC-5 Height 3399 m Latitude Longitude 13°3045 S 71°5833 W Official website: www. ... Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega in Cusco The Estadio Garcilaso de la Vega is Cuscos principal stadium and the home venue of the local team Cienciano. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

See also

• Fray Martin de Murua
• Diego Fernandez

Fray Martín de Murúa, Spanish Dominican Friar and chronicler, was a missionary in Peru during the XVI and XVII centuries, carrying out his mission in the proximities of Lake Titicaca and Cuzco, where he came to know some features of the primitive inhabitants of the Tahuantinsuyu (Inca Empire... For the Spanish New World administrator of the 17th century, see Diego Fernandez de Cordoba. ...

External links

• More extensive biography of "el Inca Garcilaso de la Vega"
• Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega - Peruvian University named in his honor