Rulers of Tikal
Encyclopedia
The known rulers of Tikal
, a major centre of the Pre-Columbian
Maya civilization
in modern day Guatemala
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Note: English language names are provisional nicknames based on their identifying glyphs, where rulers' Maya language names have not yet been definitively deciphered phonetically.
Tikal
Tikal is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centres of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now northern Guatemala...
, a major centre of the Pre-Columbian
Pre-Columbian
The pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents, spanning the time of the original settlement in the Upper Paleolithic period to European colonization during...
Maya civilization
Maya civilization
The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period The Maya is a Mesoamerican...
in modern day Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
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Late Preclassic
- Yax Ehb' Xook – c. AD 60, dynastic founder
- Siyaj Chan K'awil Chak Ich'aak ("Stormy Sky I") – c. 2nd century
- Yax Ch’aktel Xok – c. 200
Early Classic
- Balam Ajaw ("Decorated Jaguar") – AD 292
- K'inich Ehb' – c. AD 300
- Siyaj Chan K'awiil I - c. AD 307
- Ix Une' B'alam ("Queen Jaguar") – AD 317
- "Leyden Plate Ruler" – AD 320
- K'inich Muwaan Jol – died AD 359
- Chak Tok Ich'aak IChak Tok Ich'aak IChak Tok Ich'aak I, also known as Great Paw, Great Jaguar Paw, Jaguar Paw III, and Toh Chak Ich'ak, was an early Maya king of Mutal . He is one of Tikal's best known kings, with many monuments and ceramics engraved with his name.At Tikal, one confirmed and one possible monument to Chak Tok Ich'aak...
("Jaguar Paw I") – c.a. 360-378. He died on the same day that Siyah K'ak'Siyah K'ak'Siyaj K'ak' was a prominent political figure mentioned in the glyphs of Classic Period Maya civilization monuments, principally Tikal and Uaxactun...
arrived in Tikal. - Yax Nuun Ayiin I – AD 379-404, the son of a foreign noble.
- Siyaj Chan K'awiil IISiyaj Chan K'awiil IISiyaj Chan K'awiil II was a Mayan ruler of the city of Tikal.He was a son of his predecessor Yax Nuun Ayiin I and grandson of Spearthrower Owl.He came to power probably in 425....
("Stormy Sky II") – AD 411-456. Son of Yax Nuun Ayiin I. - K'an-Ak ("Kan Boar") – AD 458-486.
- Ma'Kin-na Chan – ca. late 5th century.
- Chak Tok Ich'aak II (Bahlum Paw Skull) – AD 486-508. Married to "Lady Hand".
- Ix Kalo'mte' Ix Yo K'in ("Lady of Tikal") – AD 511-527. Co-ruled with Kaloomte' B'alam, possibly as consort.
- Kaloomte' B'alam ("Curl-Head" and "19th Lord") – AD 511-527. Co-ruled with Ix Kalo'mte' Ix Yo K'in as regent.
- "Bird Claw" ("Animal Skull I", "Ete I") – c. AD 527–537.
- Wak Chan K'awiil ("Double-Bird") – AD 537-562. Capture and possible sacrifice by Caracol.
- "Lizard Head II" – Unknown, lost a battle with Caracol in AD 562.
Hiatus
- K'inich Waaw ("Animal Skull") – AD 593-628.
- K'inich Wayaan – ca. early/mid 7th century, probably same as proceeding.
- K'inich Muwaan Jol II – ca. early/mid 7th century, 628- abt 647?
Late Classic
- Jasaw Chan K'awiil I (Ruler A or Ah Cacao) – AD 682-734. Entombed in Temple I. His queen was Lady Twelve MacawLady Twelve MacawLady Twelve Macaw was a Mayan Queen of Tikal as a wife of the King Jasaw Chan K'awiil I. She was a mother of the King Yik'in Chan K'awiil....
(died AD 704). Triumphed in war with Calakmul in AD 711. - Yik'in Chan K'awiilYik'in Chan K'awiilYik'in Chan K'awiil was a Mayan ruler in the Late Classic period of the city-state polity centred at Tikal, a major pre-Columbian Maya site in the Petén Basin region .-Biography:Identified by Mayanist epigraphers as the 27th ruler in Tikal's dynastic succession, Yik'in Chan...
(Ruler B) – AD 734-766. His wife was Shana'Kin Yaxchel PacalShana'Kin Yaxchel PacalShana'Kin Yaxchel Pacal was a Mayan Queen of Tikal as a wife of the King Yik'in Chan K'awiil....
of Lakamha. It is unknown exactly where his tomb lies. - "Temple VI Ruler" – AD 766-768
- Yax Nuun Ayiin II ("Chitam") – AD 768-790
- Chitam II ("Dark Sun") – Buried c. AD 810 Buried in Temple III
- "Jewel K'awil" – AD 849
- Jasaw Chan K'awiil IIJasaw Chan K'awiil IIJasaw Chan K'awiil II was a 9th-century ruler at Tikal, the major pre-Columbian Maya civilization center and polity located in the Peten Basin region, modern-day Guatemala....
– AD 869-889
Note: English language names are provisional nicknames based on their identifying glyphs, where rulers' Maya language names have not yet been definitively deciphered phonetically.