Pakal crowned king of Palenque at age 12 in 615 CE

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Pakal crowned king of Palenque at age 12 in 615 CE. 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

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

Related site: Palenque — view location, images, and history on the Ancient Nerds map.

Source: Pakal: The Most Famous Maya Ruler Ever by Archaeologist Ed Barnhart