The
Inca Civil War, also known as the
Inca Dynastic War, the
Inca War of Succession, or, sometimes, the
War of the Two Brothers was fought between two brothers,
Huáscar and
Atahualpa, sons of
Huayna Capac, over the
succession to the throne of the
Inca Empire. The war followed Huayna Capac's death in 1527, although it did not begin until 1529, and lasted until 1532. Huáscar initiated the war because he saw himself as the rightful heir to the kingdom of all the Incas. Regardless of legitimacy, Atahualpa proved himself to be tactically superior to his brother in warcraft and to the mighty armies of
Cuzco, which their father had stationed in the north part of the empire during the military campaign.