Tisquesusa

Tisquesusa
zipa
Tisquesusa, ruler of Bacatá depicted in the 19th century
Reign	1514–1537
Predecessor	Nemequene
Successor	Sagipa
Born	unknown Muisca Confederation
Died	1537 Facatativá, New Kingdom of Granada
Issue	Usaca (sister) Hama (son) Machinza (daughter)
Dynasty	Bacatá

Tisquesusa, also spelled Thisquesuza, Thysquesuca or Thisquesusha (died Facatativá, 1537) was the fourth and second-last ruler (zipa) of Bacatá, currently known as the Colombian capital Bogotá, as of 1514. 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 Colombian highlands. His zaque counterpart in the northern area of the Muisca was .

Tisquesusa was cacique of Chía and following the Muisca heritage rules, he as nephew of the previous ruler Nemequene succeeded his uncle in 1514. At the start of his reign, Tisquesusa fought against the Panche in the west of the Muisca Confederation. The brother of Tisquesusa and later -according to Muisca heritage rule illegal- successor Sagipa was the general in the southern Muisca army. Early on in his reign Tisquesusa went to war with the northern Muisca ruled by Quemuenchatocha. Forty thousands guecha warriors of the southern Muisca fought against fifty thousand northern Muisca. Earlier, support of the iraca Sugamuxi of the Iraca Valley helped the northern troops in their battles, but this time the third party helped settling a truce between both parties which lasted until the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores in 1537.