Francisca Coya
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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]