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Doña Francisca Coya (1515-1543 or 1544), also known as María de Sandoval or simply La Coya, was a Princess of the Inca Empire. She was the daughter of Emperor Huayna Capac and his cousin-wife Mama Runtu Coya.^[1] She was born in Cuzco, Peru in 1515 and died in Popayán, Colombia, around 1543–44.^[2]

Fernando Jurado Noboa described her as "the nurturing mother of Ecuador and Colombia."^[3]

Biography

Francisca Coya was born in Cuzco^[4] around 1515 as the legitimate daughter of Huayna Cápac and his cousin-wife Mama Runtu Coya.^[1] or of her second wife, the Puruhá Prinses Paccha Duchicela, mother of Atahualpa. In spite of the uncertainty around her matrilineal origin, it is certain that her mother was a respected woman "for being an older and a principal woman in Cuzco", according to the later testimony of Indian Pedro Inga in Bogotá in 1575.

Numerous chronicles agree that Emperor Capac "left numerous descendants, but had few legitimate children".^{[citation needed]} The parentage of Huáscar and Atahualpa remains uncertain, and the lineage of female figures such as Coya is even more obscure. Some claim she was the daughter of a concubine. A lack of evidence led historian Fernando Jurado Noboa to state the following about the Incan royal family: "No one questioned the maternal origin of the children of the Inca: they were children of 'Sapa Inca the Inca' and that was enough."^[2]

The Indian Catalina, who witnessed her birth and was her maid, declared in Tunja in 1575, when 70 years old, that "Guaynacaba, her father, put her in another house, where she lived with the rest of his daughters and maidens". Francisca was called "La Coya" by the first vecinos of Quito.^[2]

Spanish Conquest

After Atahualpa's death at the hands of the Spanish, in 1533, Sebastián de Benalcázar and Diego de Sandoval y la Mota invaded San Miguel de Piura. During the Spanish invasion, Coya and her people fled from Cuzco. In 1535, the Spanish found a group of indigenous people in Chaparra, in the Cañaris region of the Andes's western foothills, hiding and protecting Atahualpa's sisters Toctochembo, Marcachembom, Ascarpe, and Francisca, who were also Emperor Cápac's daughters. She and her sisters were captured and taken to Benalcázar, who "gave her to Captain Diego de Sandoval".

She became pregnant and marched with Sandoval to Quito, where she gave birth to their only child, Eugenia de Sandoval Inca (1536-before 1575)^[5] in Quito. Coya later accompanied Sandoval to Popayán, where she lived near one of her sisters (whom Benalcázar had also taken for himself).^[2]

It was said that when La Coya went to mass, all of Quito's provincial chiefs and women accompanied her, and when she left the city, she was accompanied by two to three thousand native people. Witnesses of that time said that the Chiefs of Quito put down blankets, feathers, and flowers in front of her so that her feet would not touch the ground.^[2] This description coincides with Canadian historian John Hemming's interpretation that "the natives of Quito venerated her with pathetic passion."^[6] According to the rituals and customs of the time, such veneration was expected for women of the Inca elite, who were refined and were treated with great respect by the masses.^[7]

Children

In 1536, Francisca Coya gave birth to Eugenia de Sandoval Inca^[5] in Quito. She lived with her parents in Popayán and later, after her mother's death in 1544, moved to Anserma with her father.

In 1545, Eugenia would receive the Royal Certificate of Legitimization from Charles V Holy Roman Emperor at her father Diego de Sandoval's request of "proof" (probanza) so that she could in 1550, at the age of 14, marry Captain Gil de Rengifo Pantoja.^[5] Between them, they had many descendants in Ecuador and Colombia. Eugenia died before 1575.

Genealogy

Francisca Coya was the daughter of Inca Emperor Huayna Cápac and slave-wife of the Spanish conqueror Diego de Sandoval. She gave birth to Eugenia de Sandoval Inca (the emperor's granddaughter) in Quito in 1536. Eugenia de Sandoval Inca became legitimized by the Spanish King and became the wife of the colonizer Gil de Rengifo. They had one daughter, María Rengifo y Sandoval (great-granddaughter of the Inca Emperor), born in Anserma, who became the wife of the Spanish colonizer Cap. Vicente Henao Tamayo. Melchor Henao Rengifo (the Incan emperor's great-great-grandson), was born in Anserma around 1572. Around 1609, Rengifo married María Vivas in Cali. Gregorio Henao Vivas (the Incan emperor's fourth-great-grandson), was born in Cali around 1610. He moved to the city of Antioquia, where he married Jacoba Vásquez Guadramiros.^[8]

From Gregorio Henao Vivas, it is easy to follow Coya's Colombian descendants in the book titled Genealogies of Antioquia and Caldas, by Gabriel Arango Mejía. The line included people such as ex-president Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez, archbishops Arturo Duque Villegas and Aníbal Muñoz Duque, Braulio Henao, Anselmo Pineda, Abraham Moreno, José Tomás Henao and Braulio Henao Mejía, Tomás Carrasquilla; Luis López de Mesa; León de Greiff, and Manuel Mejía Vallejo.^[8] This line of descendants is confirmed by bishop and historian Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita.^{[citation needed]}

The historical and cultural values inherited by her descendants in Ecuador, such as the ex-Presidents Luis Cordero, Juan León Mera, and Antonio Borrero Cortázar, are an illustration of Doña Francisca Coya's important impact on history. Among other Ecuadorian historical figures that descend from her are Luis A. Martínez, Miguel Angel León Pontón, Octavio Cordero Palacios, Alberto María Ordonez Crespo, Carlos Concha Torres, Luis Quirola Saá, Emiliano Crespo Astudillo, Jose Maria Borrero Baca, Alfonso Borrero Moscoso, Manuel Borrero González, Vicente Salazar y Cabal, José Gabriel Pino Roca, Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly, Alfonso Arroyo Robelly and Pedro Cocha Torres.^[2]

The genealogical works demonstrate how the Incan bloodline of Francisca Coya occupy mainly the middle class spheres, but also have enriched the elite (high and middle-high classes) of colonial and republican Ecuadorian and Colombian societies.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Zapata, J. Descendientes del Emperador Inca Pachacútec. pg.2 https://www.academia.edu/10355786/Descendientes_del_Emperador_Inca_Pachac%C3%BAtec
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Jurado N.F. (1982) Las Coyas y Pallas del Tahuantinsuyo. pgs. 217,305,306,319
^ Costales, Piedad Peñaherrera de; Costales Samaniego, Alfredo; Jurado Noboa, Fernando (September 27, 1982). Los señores naturales de la tierra. Xerox. OCLC 10851071 – via Open WorldCat. (See also [1])
^ "City of Cuzco". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Coya Eugenia de Sandoval". Archived from the original on 2021-04-24.
^ Hemming, John (1970). The conquest of the Incas. A Harvest Book. Harcourt, Inc. p. 340. ISBN 0-15-602826-3.
^ Herrero S, P. (2017) Las Mujeres en el Virreinato del Perú. p.7 IX Congreso Virtual sobre Historia de las Mujeres.
^ ^a ^b "La Princesa inca". 2011-11-04. Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2020-09-27.

External links

[academia.edu-1] Zapata, J. Descendientes del Emperador Inca Pachacútec. pg.2 https://www.academia.edu/10355786/Descendientes_del_Emperador_Inca_Pachac%C3%BAtec

[auto-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Jurado N.F. (1982) Las Coyas y Pallas del Tahuantinsuyo. pgs. 217,305,306,319

[3] Costales, Piedad Peñaherrera de; Costales Samaniego, Alfredo; Jurado Noboa, Fernando (September 27, 1982). Los señores naturales de la tierra. Xerox. OCLC 10851071 – via Open WorldCat. (See also [1])

[4] "City of Cuzco". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2021-04-19.

[rodriguezuribe.co-5] "Coya Eugenia de Sandoval". Archived from the original on 2021-04-24.

[6] Hemming, John (1970). The conquest of the Incas. A Harvest Book. Harcourt, Inc. p. 340. ISBN 0-15-602826-3.

[7] Herrero S, P. (2017) Las Mujeres en el Virreinato del Perú. p.7 IX Congreso Virtual sobre Historia de las Mujeres.

[auto1-8] "La Princesa inca". 2011-11-04. Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2020-09-27.

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-'''Doña Francisca Coya''', also known as '''María de Sandoval,''' or simply '''La Coya''', was the last [[Emperor|Empress]] of the [[Inca Empire]] during its collapse in the mid-16th century war with [[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire|Spain]]. She was the daughter of Emperor [[Huayna Capac]] and his cousin Mama Runtu Coya,<ref>Zapata, J. ''Descendientes del Emperador Inca Pachacútec''. pg.2 https://www.academia.edu/10355786/Descendientes_del_Emperador_Inca_Pachac%C3%BAtec</ref>, was born in [[Cusco|Cuzco]], Peru in 1515 and died in [[Popayán]], Colombia around 1543–44.<ref name="auto">Jurado N.F. (1982) ''Las Coyas y Pallas del Tahuantinsuyo''. pgs. 217,305,306,319</ref> Ecuadorian genealogist and historian [[Fernando Jurado Noboa]] described her as "the nurturing mother of Ecuador and Colombia".<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Costales|first1=Piedad Peñaherrera de|last2=Costales Samaniego|first2=Alfredo|last3=Jurado Noboa|first3=Fernando|date=September 27, 1982|title=Los señores naturales de la tierra|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/senores-naturales-de-la-tierra/oclc/10851071,|publisher=Xerox|oclc=10851071|via=Open WorldCat}} (See also [http://biblioteca.culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=114417])</ref>
+'''Doña Francisca Coya''' (1515-1543 or 1544), also known as '''María de Sandoval''' or simply '''La Coya''', was a Princess of the [[Inca Empire]]. She was the daughter of Emperor [[Huayna Capac]] and his cousin-wife Mama Runtu Coya.<ref name="academia.edu">Zapata, J. ''Descendientes del Emperador Inca Pachacútec''. pg.2 https://www.academia.edu/10355786/Descendientes_del_Emperador_Inca_Pachac%C3%BAtec</ref> She was born in [[Cusco|Cuzco]], Peru in 1515 and died in [[Popayán]], [[Colombia]], around 1543–44.<ref name="auto">Jurado N.F. (1982) ''Las Coyas y Pallas del Tahuantinsuyo''. pgs. 217,305,306,319</ref>
-==Incan royal family==
-According to chroniclers, Emperor Capac "left numerous descendants," but had few legitimate children. Though there remains uncertainty about the parentage of [[Huáscar]] and [[Atahualpa]], they are commonly believed to be Capac's descendants. The lineage of female figures such as Coya remains even more obscure. She is believed to have been [[Andean civilizations|of Incan descent]], but her mother is unknown. Some claim she was the daughter of a concubine. A lack of concrete evidence has led historian Fernando Jurado Noboa to comment the following about the Incan royal family: "The children of the Inca have not sought lawsuits of maternal origin: they were children of '[[Sapa Inca|the Inca']], and that's enough."<ref name="auto"/>
+[[Fernando Jurado Noboa]] described her as "''the nurturing mother of [[Ecuador]] and Colombia.''"<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Costales |first1=Piedad Peñaherrera de |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/senores-naturales-de-la-tierra/oclc/10851071, |title=Los señores naturales de la tierra |last2=Costales Samaniego |first2=Alfredo |last3=Jurado Noboa |first3=Fernando |date=September 27, 1982 |publisher=Xerox |oclc=10851071 |via=Open WorldCat}} (See also [http://biblioteca.culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=114417])</ref>
 ==Biography==
-After [[Atahualpa]]'s death at the hands of the Spanish in 1533, [[Sebastián de Belalcázar|Sebastián de Benalcázar]] and [[Diego de Sandoval|Diego de Sandoval y la Mota]] invaded San Miguel de [[Piura]]. During 1535, in the [[Cañari]]s region of the [[Andes]]'s western foothills, the Spanish found a group of indigenous people in Chaparra hiding and protecting Atahualpa's sisters Toctochembo, Marcachembom, Ascarpe, and Francisca (whose indigenous name is unknown), whom of which were also Emperor Cápac's daughters. Upon the Spanish invasion, Coya and her people ran away from [[Cusco|Cuzco]]; however, she and her sisters were captured and taken to de Benalcázar, who "''gave'' her to Captain Diego de Sandoval". The Incan noble became pregnant. She marched with Sandoval first to Quito where she gave birth to their only child. Later Coya accompanied Sandoval to Popayán, where she lived close to one of her sisters (one of whom Benalcázar also had taken for himself).<ref name="auto"/>
+Francisca Coya was born in Cuzco<ref>{{Cite web|title=City of Cuzco|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/273/|access-date=2021-04-19|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|language=en}}</ref> around 1515 as the legitimate daughter of Huayna Cápac and his cousin-wife Mama Runtu Coya.<ref name="academia.edu"/> or of her second wife, the [[Puruhá]] Prinses [[Paccha Duchicela]], mother of Atahualpa. In spite of the uncertainty around her matrilineal origin, it is certain that her mother was a respected woman "''for being an older and a principal woman in Cuzco''", according to the later testimony of Indian Pedro Inga in [[Bogotá]] in 1575.
-Francisca Coya was born in Cuzco around 1515. She was a legitimate daughter of Huayna Cápac: "her mother was carried on, for being an older and principal woman in Cuzco, according to the testimony of Indian Pedro Inga, in Bogotá in 1575", "the Indian Catalina, who witnessed her birth and was her maid, declared in [[Tunja]] in 1575 when 70 years old, that 'Guaynacaba, her father, put her in another house, where she lived and kept the rest of his daughters and maidens'". Francisca was called 'La Coya' by the first [[Vecino|vecinos]] of Quito.<ref name="auto"/>
+Numerous chronicles agree that Emperor Capac "''left numerous descendants, but had few legitimate children''".{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} The parentage of [[Huáscar]] and [[Atahualpa]] remains uncertain, and the lineage of female figures such as Coya is even more obscure. Some claim she was the daughter of a concubine. A lack of evidence led historian [[Fernando Jurado Noboa]] to state the following about the Incan royal family: "''No one questioned the maternal origin of the children of the Inca: they were children of '[[Sapa Inca]] the Inca' and that was enough.''"<ref name="auto"/>
-"It was said that when La Coya went to mass, all of Quito's provincial chiefs and women accompanied her, and that when she left the city they carried her on and that she was accompanied by two to three thousand Indians". Witnesses of that time said that the [[Quitu culture|Chiefs of Quito]] put down blankets, feathers, and flowers in front of her so that her feet would not touch the ground.<ref name="auto"/> This description coincides with Canadian historian John Hemming's interpretation, "the natives of Quito venerated her with pathetic passion".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hemming|first=John|title=The conquest of the Incas|publisher=A Harvest Book. Harcourt, Inc.|year=1970|isbn=0-15-602826-3|pages=340}}</ref> According to rituals and the customs of the time, this meant that such veneration was expected for women of the Inca elite. Incan elite women were refined and treated with great respect by the masses.<ref>Herrero S, P. (2017) ''Las Mujeres en el Virreinato del Perú''. p.7 IX Congreso Virtual sobre Historia de las Mujeres.</ref>
+The Indian Catalina, who witnessed her birth and was her maid, declared in [[Tunja]] in 1575, when 70 years old, that "''Guaynacaba, her father, put her in another house, where she lived with the rest of his daughters and maidens''". Francisca was called "La Coya" by the first [[vecino]]s of [[Quito]].<ref name="auto"/>
+===Spanish Conquest===
+After [[Atahualpa]]'s death at the hands of the Spanish, in 1533, [[Sebastián de Belalcázar|Sebastián de Benalcázar]] and [[Diego de Sandoval|Diego de Sandoval y la Mota]] invaded San Miguel de [[Piura]]. During the Spanish invasion, Coya and her people fled from [[Cusco|Cuzco]]. In 1535, the Spanish found a group of indigenous people in Chaparra, in the [[Cañari]]s region of the [[Andes]]'s western foothills, hiding and protecting Atahualpa's sisters Toctochembo, Marcachembom, Ascarpe, and Francisca, who were also Emperor Cápac's daughters. She and her sisters were captured and taken to Benalcázar, who "''gave her to Captain Diego de Sandoval''".
+She became pregnant and marched with Sandoval to Quito, where she gave birth to their only child, Eugenia de Sandoval Inca (1536-before 1575)<ref name="rodriguezuribe.co">{{Cite web | url=https://rodriguezuribe.co/getperson.php?personID=I2205&tree=arbol1 | title=Coya Eugenia de Sandoval | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424050749/https://rodriguezuribe.co/getperson.php?personID=I2205&tree=arbol1 | archive-date=2021-04-24}}</ref> in Quito. Coya later accompanied Sandoval to Popayán, where she lived near one of her sisters (whom Benalcázar had also taken for himself).<ref name="auto"/>
+It was said that ''when La Coya went to mass, all of Quito's provincial chiefs and women accompanied her, and when she left the city, she was accompanied by two to three thousand native people''. Witnesses of that time said ''that the [[Quitu culture|Chiefs of Quito]] put down blankets, feathers, and flowers in front of her so that her feet would not touch the ground''.<ref name="auto"/> This description coincides with Canadian historian [[John Hemming (explorer)|John Hemming]]'s interpretation that "''the natives of Quito venerated her with pathetic passion.''"<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hemming|first=John|title=The conquest of the Incas|publisher=A Harvest Book. Harcourt, Inc.|year=1970|isbn=0-15-602826-3|pages=340}}</ref> According to the rituals and customs of the time, such veneration was expected for women of the Inca elite, who were refined and were treated with great respect by the masses.<ref>Herrero S, P. (2017) ''Las Mujeres en el Virreinato del Perú''. p.7 IX Congreso Virtual sobre Historia de las Mujeres.</ref>
 ==Children==
 {{Unreferenced section|date=March 2021}}
-In 1536, Francisca Coya in Quito gave birth to Eugenia de Sandoval Inca, who later lived with her parents in Popayán and then in [[Anserma, Caldas|Anserma]] with her father after her mother's death in 1544. In 1545 Eugenia would receive the [[Royal Legislative Decree (Spain)|Royal Certificate of Legitimization]] from [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V Holy Roman Emperor]] at her father Diego de Sandoval's request of "proof" ('probanza') of Eugenia being married in 1550, at the age of 14, to Captain Gil de Rengifo Pantoja, born in [[Ávila, Spain|Ávila]], [[Spain]]. Between them, they left many descendants in Ecuador and Colombia. Eugenia died before 1575.
+In 1536, Francisca Coya gave birth to Eugenia de Sandoval Inca<ref name="rodriguezuribe.co"/> in Quito. She lived with her parents in Popayán and later, after her mother's death in 1544, moved to [[Anserma, Caldas|Anserma]] with her father.
+In 1545, Eugenia would receive the [[Royal Legislative Decree (Spain)|Royal Certificate of Legitimization]] from [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V Holy Roman Emperor]] at her father Diego de Sandoval's request of "proof" (''probanza'') so that she could in 1550, at the age of 14, marry Captain Gil de Rengifo Pantoja.<ref name="rodriguezuribe.co"/> Between them, they had many descendants in Ecuador and Colombia. Eugenia died before 1575.
 ==Genealogy==
-The Inca Emperor Huayna Cápac's daughter Francisca Coya, slave-wife of the Spanish conqueror Diego de Sandoval, gave birth to Eugenia de Sandoval Inca (the emperor's granddaughter) in Quito in 1536. Eugenia de Sandoval Inca became legitimized by the Spanish king and became the wife of the colonizer Gil de Rengifo. They had one daughter, María Rengifo y Sandoval (great-granddaughter of the Inca), born in Anserma, who became the Spanish Vicente Henao Tamayo's wife. Of them, Melchor Henao Rengifo (the Incan emperor's great-great-grandson), was born in Anserma around 1572. In  around 1609 Rengifo married María Vivas in [[Cali]]. Gregorio Henao Vivas (the Incan emperor's fourth grandson), was born in Cali around 1610. He moved to the city of [[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]] where he married Jacoba Vásquez Guadramiros.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|date=2011-11-04|title=La Princesa inca|url=http://www.elabedul.net/Articulos/Nuevos/la_princesa_inca.php#_ftnref3|access-date=2020-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104161906/http://www.elabedul.net/Articulos/Nuevos/la_princesa_inca.php#_ftnref3|archive-date=2011-11-04}}</ref>
+Francisca Coya was the daughter of Inca Emperor Huayna Cápac and slave-wife of the Spanish conqueror Diego de Sandoval. She gave birth to [[Eugenia de Sandoval Inca]] (the emperor's granddaughter) in Quito in 1536. Eugenia de Sandoval Inca became legitimized by the Spanish King and became the wife of the colonizer Gil de Rengifo. They had one daughter, María Rengifo y Sandoval (great-granddaughter of the Inca Emperor), born in Anserma, who became the wife of the Spanish colonizer Cap. [[Vicente Henao Tamayo]]. Melchor Henao Rengifo (the Incan emperor's great-great-grandson), was born in Anserma around 1572. Around 1609, Rengifo married María Vivas in [[Cali]]. Gregorio Henao Vivas (the Incan emperor's fourth-great-grandson), was born in Cali around 1610. He moved to the city of [[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]], where he married Jacoba Vásquez Guadramiros.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|date=2011-11-04|title=La Princesa inca|url=http://www.elabedul.net/Articulos/Nuevos/la_princesa_inca.php#_ftnref3|access-date=2020-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104161906/http://www.elabedul.net/Articulos/Nuevos/la_princesa_inca.php#_ftnref3|archive-date=2011-11-04}}</ref>
-From Gregorio Henao Vivas, it is easy to follow Coya's Columbian descendants in the book entitled [https://www.worldcat.org/title/genealogias-de-antioquia-y-caldas/oclc/54885555 ''Genealogies of Antioquia and Caldas'', by Gabriel Arango Mejía]. Characters such as ex-president [[Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez]], archbishops [[Arturo Duque Villegas]] and [[Aníbal Muñoz Duque]], Braulio Henao, Anselmo Pineda, Abraham Moreno, José Tomás Henao and Braulio Henao Mejía, [[Tomás Carrasquilla]]; Luis López de Mesa; [[León de Greiff]], and [[Manuel Mejía Vallejo]].<ref name="auto1"/> This line of descendants is echoed by historian Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita.
+From Gregorio Henao Vivas, it is easy to follow Coya's Colombian descendants in the book titled ''Genealogies of Antioquia and Caldas'', by [[Gabriel Arango Mejía]]. The line included people such as ex-president [[Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez]], archbishops [[Arturo Duque Villegas]] and [[Aníbal Muñoz Duque]], Braulio Henao, Anselmo Pineda, Abraham Moreno, José Tomás Henao and Braulio Henao Mejía, [[Tomás Carrasquilla]]; Luis López de Mesa; [[León de Greiff]], and [[Manuel Mejía Vallejo]].<ref name="auto1"/> This line of descendants is confirmed by bishop and historian [[Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
-The historical projection of cultural values inherited to her descendants in Ecuador, such as the ex-Presidents [[Luis Cordero Crespo|Luis Cordero]], [[Juan León Mera]], [[Antonio Borrero|Antonio Borrero Cortázar]], is an important part of Doña Francisca Coya's impact on history. Among other Ecuadorian historical figures that descend from her are: [[Luis A. Martínez|Luis A. Martinez]], Miguel Angel León Pontón, Octavio Cordero Palacios, Alberto Maria Ordonez Crespo, Carlos Concha Torres, Luis Quirola Saá, Emiliano Crespo Astudillo, Jose Maria Borrero Baca, Alfonso Borrero Moscoso, Manuel Borrero González, Vicente Salazar y Cabal, José Gabriel Pino Roca, Pedro Cocha Torres, etc.<ref name="auto"/>
+The historical and cultural values inherited by her descendants in Ecuador, such as the ex-Presidents [[Luis Cordero Crespo|Luis Cordero]], [[Juan León Mera]], and [[Antonio Borrero|Antonio Borrero Cortázar]], are an illustration of Doña Francisca Coya's important impact on history. Among other Ecuadorian historical figures that descend from her are [[Luis A. Martínez]], Miguel Angel León Pontón, [[Octavio Cordero Palacios (writer)|Octavio Cordero Palacios]], Alberto María Ordonez Crespo, Carlos Concha Torres, Luis Quirola Saá, Emiliano Crespo Astudillo, Jose Maria Borrero Baca, Alfonso Borrero Moscoso, Manuel Borrero González, Vicente Salazar y Cabal, José Gabriel Pino Roca, [[Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Méndez|Teodoro Luis Arroyo Robelly]], Alfonso Arroyo Robelly and Pedro Cocha Torres.<ref name="auto"/>
-The genealogical works demonstrate how the Incan bloodline of Francisca enriched the elite (high and middle-high classes) of colonial and republican Ecuadorian and Colombian societies.<ref name="auto"/>
+The genealogical works demonstrate how the Incan bloodline of Francisca Coya occupy mainly the middle class spheres, but also have enriched the elite (high and middle-high classes) of colonial and republican Ecuadorian and Colombian societies.<ref name="auto"/>
 ==References==
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-*[https://www.worldcat.org/title/senores-naturales-de-la-tierra/oclc/10851071 Los señores naturales de la tierra],
+*[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10851071 Los señores naturales de la tierra]
 *[http://biblioteca.culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=114417 Los señores naturales de la tierra: Las Coyas y Pallas del Tahuantinsuyo]
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111104161906/http://www.elabedul.net/Articulos/Nuevos/la_princesa_inca.php#_ftnref3 La princesa inca]
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+[[Category:16th-century indigenous people of the Americas]]
+[[Category:16th-century indigenous women of the Americas]]
+[[Category:Indigenous people of the Andes]]