List of lords of Tikal

This is a list of rulers of Tikal, a major Maya city-state during the Classic period. Located in the Maya Lowlands, Tikal is known to have had at least 33 rulers from the 1st through 9th centuries AD. Twenty-seven of these have been identified, as of 2008.

Background

The monarchy of Tikal is the oldest yet known in the Maya Lowlands, having been founded at the turn of the 1st century AD. The dynasty is last attested in the late 9th century, after a span of some 800 years and 33 rulers. Thorough excavations, first begun by the University of Pennsylvania, and later by the Guatemalan Institute of Archaeology, have uncovered troves of epigraphic data which Mayanists have employed to reconstruct Tikal's dynastic lineage. As of 2008, 27 rulers have been identified, including at least one woman.

List

The following is an annotated, chronological list of lords of Tikal. A tabular list is provided in the following section.

Late Preclassic

Yax Ehb Xook – r. c. AD 60 or c. AD 90; dynastic founder.
Siyaj Chan Kʼawil Chak Ichʼaak – r. c. 2nd century.
Yax Ch’aktel Xok – r. c. 200.

Early Classic

Balam Ajaw – r. 292.
Kʼinich Ehbʼ – r. c. 300.
Siyaj Chan Kʼawiil I - r. c. 307.
Unen Bahlam – r. 317.
"Leyden Plate Ruler" – r. 320.
Kʼinich Muwaan Jol – r. c. 359.
Chak Tok Ichʼaak I – r. c. 360–378; died on the same day that Siyaj Kʼakʼ arrived in Tikal.
Yax Nuun Ahiin I – r. 379–404; son of a foreign noble.
Sihyaj Chan Kʼawiil II – r. 411–456; son of Yax Nuun Ayiin I.
Kʼan Chitam – r. 458–486.
Maʼkin-na Chan – r. c. late 5th century.
Chak Tok Ichʼaak II – r. 486–508; married "Lady Hand."
Ix Kaloʼmteʼ Ix Yo Kʼin – r. 511–527; co-ruled with Kaloomteʼ Bʼalam, possibly as consort.
Kaloomteʼ Bʼalam – r. 511–527; co-ruled with Ix Kaloʼmteʼ Ix Yo Kʼin as regent.
"Bird Claw" – r. c. 527–537.
Wak Chan Kʼawiil – r. 537–562; captured and possibly sacrificed in Caracol.
"Lizard Head II" – r. unknown; lost a battle to Caracol in 562.

Late Classic

Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil I – r. 682–734; entombed in Temple I; married Lady Lahan Unen Moʼ; won a battle against Calakmul in 711.
Yikʼin Chan Kʼawiil – r. 734–766; tomb unknown.
"Temple VI Ruler" – r. 766–768.
Yax Nuun Ayiin II – r. 768–790.
Chitam II – r. c. 810; buried in Temple III.
"Jewel Kʼawil" – r. 849.
Jasaw Chan Kʼawiil II – r. 869–889

Table

Name	a.k.a.	No.	From	To	Note
Yax Ehb Xook		1st
?		?	?	?
?		?
Sihyaj Chan K'awiil I		11th
Unen Bahlam		?
K'inich Muwaan Jol		13th		359
Chak Tok Ich'aak I		14th	360	378
Yax Nuun Ahiin I		?	379
Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II		16th	411	456
K'an Chitam		?	458
Chak Tok Ich'aak II		?		508
?		?	511
Kaloomte' Bahlam		19th
?		20th	?	?
Wak Chan K'awiil		21st	537	562
?		22nd
?		23rd	?	?
?		24th	?	?
Nuun Ujol Chaak		?
Jasaw Chan K'awiil I		?	682	734
Yik'in Chan K'awiil		27th	734
?		28th		768
Yax Nuun Ahiin II		29th	768
Nuun Ujol K'inich		?
?		?
Jewel K'awiil		?
Jasaw Chan K'awiil II		?