Xiu Maya

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The Xiu Maya were a prominent Maya noble lineage and ruling family in the Yucatán Peninsula, known for their political influence and shifting alliances during the period of Spanish colonization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya noble lineage
historical ethnic group
ruling family
acknowledgedBy Spanish colonial authorities as local lords
adaptedTo Spanish colonial legal and tribute systems
alsoKnownAs Tutul Xiu
capital Maní
category Maya peoples
surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Yucatán Peninsula

Maya dynasties
Noble families in the Americas
country Mexico
culturalIdentity Yucatec Maya
descendedFrom Maya nobility
engagedIn diplomacy with Spanish colonizers
shifting alliances with other Maya lineages
ethnicGroupOf Maya civilization
governedAs cacicazgo under Spanish rule
historicalEvent alliance with Francisco de Montejo
participation in conquest of rival Maya polities
support for Spanish pacification of Yucatán
impact facilitated consolidation of Spanish control in Yucatán
language Yucatec Maya
locatedIn Yucatán state
surface form: Yucatán

Yucatán Peninsula
maintained local authority under Spanish colonial system
notableFor alliances with Spanish conquistadors
political influence in Yucatán
rivalry with the Cocom lineage
partOf Mesoamerican chronology
surface form: Postclassic Maya polities
politicalRole key ally of early Spanish authorities in Yucatán
ruling dynasty of Maní
politicalStructure hereditary rulership
preColonialCenter Uxmal
surface form: Uxmal (traditional association in some sources)
region southeastern Mexico
surface form: western Yucatán
religion Maya religion
rival Cocom family
roleDuringColonization mediators between Spanish and other Maya groups
ruled Maní
Tutul Xiu domain
socialStatus nobility
timePeriod Postclassic period
Spanish conquest of Yucatán
surface form: Spanish colonization of Yucatán

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