Pakal crowned king of Palenque at age 12 in 615 CE

City/town/settlement500 BC - 1 AD
Pakal: The Most Famous Maya Ruler Ever
Source: Pakal: The Most Famous Maya Ruler Ever by Archaeologist Ed Barnhart

Pakal was crowned K'inich Janaab Pakal at 12 in 615 CE after his mother Lady K'uk' Bahlam I took the throne first. He ruled Palenque.

Key facts claimed:

- Pakal was born in March 603 CE

- At age 9, he and his mother Lady K'uk' Bahlam I arrived in Palenque in 612 CE

- Lady K'uk' Bahlam I took the throne first, then Pakal became king at 12 years old in 615 CE

- He was crowned K'inich Janaab Pakal

- In 627 CE at age 24, he married Lady Tiyax (from the Toad-Head lineage)

Key facts

  • Pakal was born in March 603 CE
  • At age 9, he and his mother Lady Sakuk arrived in Palenque in 612 CE
  • Lady Sakuk took the throne first, then Pakal became king at 12 years old in 615 CE
  • He was crowned K'inich Janaab Pakal Sunflower Face Flower Shield
  • In 626 CE at age 22, he married Lady Sakbu from Tokan (an ancestral bloodline location)
  • They had three sons: K'an Balam (born 635), K'an Joy Chetam (born 644), and T-W Mat (born 648)
  • Two sons became kings of Palenque; T-W Mat died in his 30s

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Sources

Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
He took the throne at age 12. During his long rule, Pakal was responsible for the construction or extension of some of Palenque's most notable surviving ...
Who was Pakal the Great? - BBC Bitesizebbc.co.uk
He became king at the age of 12, but his mother, Lady Sak K'uk, was queen before him and continued as regent until he was a grown adult. Pakal ruled for 68 ...
K'inich Janaab' Pakal - World History Encyclopediaworldhistory.org
Pacal assumed the throne of Palenque at the age of 12, in 615 CE, and ruled successfully until his death at the age of 80. He was married to the ...
Pakal the Great: Governor, time traveler and Mayan astronautchichenitza.com
K'inich Janaab' Pakal was a Mayan governor of the Palenque region between the years 615 and 685, a period of advancement and prosperity for its inhabitants.
Pacal the Great | Overview & Reign - Study.comstudy.com
Pacal the Great (603-683) was a Maya ruler who governed from 615 to 683 the province of B'aakal, now known as Palenque, in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
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