Itzamnaaj K'awiil

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Itzamnaaj K'awiil
King of Dos Pilas

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Itzamnaaj K'awiil on stela
Reign March 24, 698 – October 22, 726
Predecessor Itzamnaaj B'alam
Successor Ucha'an K'in B'alam
Born January 25, 673?
Died October 22, 726
Issue K'awiil Chan K'inich?
Full name
Itzamnaaj K'awiil
House Royal house of Dos Pilas
Father B'alaj Chan K'awiil
Mother Lady of Itzan
Religion Maya religion

Itzamnaaj K'awiil[ pronunciation? ] (January 25, 673? – October 22, 726) was a Mayan king of Dos Pilas. He was the third known ruler of that place. He is also known as the Ruler 2 and Shield God K.

Maya rulers

Maya kings were the centers of power for the Maya civilization. Each Maya city-state was controlled by a dynasty of kings.Also the position of king was usually inherited by the oldest son.

Dos Pilas human settlement

Dos Pilas is a Pre-Columbian site of the Maya civilization located in what is now the department of Petén, Guatemala. It dates to the Late Classic Period, being founded by an offshoot of the dynasty of the great city of Tikal in AD 629 in order to control trade routes in the Petexbatún region, particularly the Pasión River. In AD 648 Dos Pilas broke away from Tikal and became a vassal state of Calakmul, although the first two kings of Dos Pilas continued to use the same emblem glyph that Tikal did. It was a predator state from the beginning, conquering Itzan, Arroyo de Piedra and Tamarindito. Dos Pilas and a nearby city, Aguateca, eventually became the twin capitals of a single ruling dynasty. The kingdom as a whole has been named as the Petexbatun Kingdom, after Lake Petexbatún, a body of water draining into the Pasión River.

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Biography

He was a son of the king B'alaj Chan K'awiil and Lady of Itzan. [1] He is recorded as having been born on 25 January 673, although it is possible that this is a scribal error. It could also have been an intentional glossing over of the fact that he was born in exile during the protracted warfare. [2]

Lady of Itzan was a queen of Dos Pilas.

He was the brother and successor of Itzamnaaj B'alam. He also had a sister, Wak Chanil Ajaw, and was an uncle of K'ak' Tiliw Chan Chaak.

Wak Chanil Ajaw Maya princess

Lady Wac-Chanil-Ahau was a Maya princess c. 682 AD who was part of an arranged marriage between the Maya cities of Dos Pilas and Naranjo to include Naranjo into the Calakmul–Dos Pilas alliance. Instead, Naranjo defeated Caracol in a power struggle.

His successor was Ucha'an K'in B'alam. It is possible that his son was K'awiil Chan K'inich.

He reigned from March 24, 698 to his death. He made at least one ritual circuit. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Bajlaj Chan K'awiil at Mesoweb.
  2. ↑ Martin and Grube 2000:58
  3. ↑ Itzamnaaj K'awiil of Dos Pilas at Mesoweb.

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References

Martin, Simon; Nikolai Grube (2000). Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. London and New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN   0-500-05103-8. OCLC   47358325. 
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