Gobernantes de Dzibanché

Rulers of Dzibanché

Identified rulers and their terms:

  1. Chak... (approx. 322 or 374 AD)

  2. Yukno'm Ch'e'n I (AD 402–455)

  3. K'ahk' Ti' Ch'ich' Ajsaakil(?) (550–568 AD)

  4. Yukno'm Ho'm(?) Uhut Chan (Sky Witness) (561–572 AD)

  5. Yahx Yopaat (572–579 AD)

  6. Uk'ay Kaan (579–611 AD)

  7. Ajxib'saaj Chan K'inich (second half of the 7th century)

  8. Tajo'm Uk'ab' K'ahk' (622–630 AD)

  9. Waxaklajun Ub'aah Kaan (ca. 636–640 AD)

Period of government:

These rulers held power between approximately 322 and 695 AD , with epigraphic evidence suggesting a continuous presence of this dynasty in Dzibanché until the 7th century and possibly even into the Terminal Classic (9th century), as indicated by a jade plaque dated 909 AD.

Relevant facts:

  • During this period, Dzibanché was a fundamental political center in southern Quintana Roo , and the lords of Kaanu'l maintained alliances, wars and power ceremonies documented in hieroglyphic inscriptions.

  • Some of its rulers participated in the enthronement of kings in other Mayan cities , extending their influence.

  • The site even competed with major powers such as Calakmul, and a dynastic split in 635 AD marked the relocation of some of the nobility to that site, although Dzibanché remained active and ruled by another branch of the Kaanu'l dynasty.

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