Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
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Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I was a prominent 7th-century Maya ajaw (ruler) of Palenque, renowned for his long reign, monumental building projects, and richly inscribed funerary tomb.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal | 4 |
| Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I canonical | 3 |
| Janaabʼ Pakal | 1 |
| Pakal the Great | 1 |
| ajaw of Palenque | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1402650 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I Context triple: [Palenque, associatedWith, Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I]
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A.
Kʼawiil
Kʼawiil is a prominent Maya deity associated with lightning, royal power, and dynastic legitimacy in Mesoamerican religion.
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B.
Axayacatl
Axayacatl was a 15th-century Aztec emperor (tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire and consolidating its power in central Mexico.
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Huey Tlatoani
Huey Tlatoani was the supreme ruler of the Aztec Empire, serving as its highest political and religious authority.
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Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I was a 15th-century Aztec emperor who greatly expanded the empire’s territory and power and oversaw a flourishing of Tenochtitlan’s political and religious institutions.
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E.
Moctezuma II
Moctezuma II was the ninth tlatoani (ruler) of the Aztec Empire, under whose reign the empire reached great power before falling to Hernán Cortés and the Spanish conquest.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I Target entity description: Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I was a prominent 7th-century Maya ajaw (ruler) of Palenque, renowned for his long reign, monumental building projects, and richly inscribed funerary tomb.
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A.
Kʼawiil
Kʼawiil is a prominent Maya deity associated with lightning, royal power, and dynastic legitimacy in Mesoamerican religion.
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B.
Axayacatl
Axayacatl was a 15th-century Aztec emperor (tlatoani) of Tenochtitlan known for expanding the empire and consolidating its power in central Mexico.
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C.
Huey Tlatoani
Huey Tlatoani was the supreme ruler of the Aztec Empire, serving as its highest political and religious authority.
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D.
Moctezuma I
Moctezuma I was a 15th-century Aztec emperor who greatly expanded the empire’s territory and power and oversaw a flourishing of Tenochtitlan’s political and religious institutions.
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E.
Moctezuma II
Moctezuma II was the ninth tlatoani (ruler) of the Aztec Empire, under whose reign the empire reached great power before falling to Hernán Cortés and the Spanish conquest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya ruler
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Palenque ruler ⓘ ajaw ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
ⓘ
surface form:
Janaabʼ Pakal
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I ⓘ
surface form:
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I ⓘ
surface form:
Pakal the Great
|
| associatedWith |
House E of the Palace at Palenque
ⓘ
Palenque ⓘ
surface form:
Palace complex of Palenque
Temple of the Inscriptions ⓘ |
| birthDate | 603-03-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Palenque ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Temple of the Inscriptions ⓘ |
| capital | Palenque ⓘ |
| child |
Kʼinich Kʼan Joy Chitam II
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surface form:
Kʼan Joy Chitam II
Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II ⓘ Tiwol Chan Mat ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| deathDate | 683-08-31 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Palenque ⓘ |
| depictedAs | youthful figure on sarcophagus lid ⓘ |
| dynasty |
House of Pakal dynasty
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surface form:
Palenque royal dynasty
|
| era |
Late Classic period
ⓘ
surface form:
Classic period of Maya civilization
|
| ethnicity | Maya ⓘ |
| father | Kʼan Moʼ Hix ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
art and iconography of Palenque
ⓘ
political history of the western Maya lowlands ⓘ |
| knownFrom | Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ |
| mother | Sak Kʼukʼ ⓘ |
| notableFor |
elaborate sarcophagus lid iconography
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long reign over Palenque ⓘ major architectural projects at Palenque ⓘ political consolidation of Palenque ⓘ richly inscribed funerary tomb ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
ajaw of Palenque
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| predecessor | Sak Kʼukʼ ⓘ |
| region |
Chiapas
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Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| reignDuration | approximately 68 years ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 683 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 615 ⓘ |
| religion | Maya religion ⓘ |
| spouse | Tzʼakbu Ajaw ⓘ |
| successor | Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II ⓘ |
| title |
Holy Lord of Palenque
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Kʼinich Ajaw ⓘ
surface form:
Kʼinich
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| tombDiscoveredBy | Alberto Ruz Lhuillier ⓘ |
| tombDiscoveredIn | 1952 ⓘ |
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Subject: Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I Description of subject: Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I was a prominent 7th-century Maya ajaw (ruler) of Palenque, renowned for his long reign, monumental building projects, and richly inscribed funerary tomb.
Referenced by (10)
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