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.

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Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal 4
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I canonical 3
Janaabʼ Pakal 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya ruler
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
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
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
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
surface form: ajaw of Palenque
predecessor Sak Kʼukʼ
region Chiapas
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
Kʼinich Ajaw
surface form: Kʼinich
tombDiscoveredBy Alberto Ruz Lhuillier
tombDiscoveredIn 1952

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Palenque associatedWith Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
Group of the Cross associatedWith Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
House of Pakal dynasty notableMember Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
Temple of the Inscriptions dedicatedTo Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
this entity surface form: Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal
Temple of the Inscriptions containsTombOf Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
this entity surface form: Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal
Temple of the Inscriptions associatedRuler Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
this entity surface form: Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I alsoKnownAs Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
this entity surface form: Pakal the Great
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I alsoKnownAs Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
this entity surface form: Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I alsoKnownAs Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I
this entity surface form: Janaabʼ Pakal
Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I positionHeld Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal I self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ajaw of Palenque