Tisquesusa

Tisquesusa
Zipa of Bacatá
Tisquesusa depicted in 1688 on the cover of Historia general de las conquistas del Nuevo Reyno de Granada by Juan de Castellanos
Zipa of Bacatá
Reign	1514 – 1537
Predecessor	Nemequene
Successor	Sagipa
Nephew	unknown
Born	unknown Bacatá, Muisca Confederation
Died	1537 Facatativá, Bacatá, Muisca Confederation
Sister	Usaca
Issue	Hama (son) Machinza (daughter)
Names Tisquesusa, Thisquesuza, Thysquesuca, Thisquesusha, Bogotá
House	Bacatá
Religion	Muisca religion

Tisquesusa, also spelled Thisquesuza, Thysquesuca or Thisquesusha (referred to in the earliest sources as Bogotá, the Elder) (died Facatativá, 1537) was the fourth and last independent ruler (psihipqua) of Muyquytá, main settlement of the southern Muisca between 1514 and his death in 1537. The Spanish pronunciation of his name brought about the Colombian capital Bogotá. Tisquesusa was the ruler of the southern Muisca Confederation at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, when the troops led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada and his brother entered the central Andean highlands.