Sky Witness (ruler) explained

Ut Chanal
(Sky Witness)
Ajaw
Succession:King of Calakmul/Dzibanche
Reign:561-572
Predecessor:Tuun Kʼabʼ Hix
Successor:Yax Yopaat
Issue:Yax Yopaat
Uneh Chan
Lady Che'enal, Queen of Cobá (possibly)
Lady Na Chaʼak Kab, Queen of Yo'okop (possibly)
Royal House:Snake dynasty
Father:Tuun Kʼabʼ Hix (possibly)
Mother:Lady Ek' Naah (possibly)
Birth Place:Dzibanche
Death Date:572
Death Place:Dzibanche
Religion:Maya religion

Sky Witness was a ruler of the Maya city and major cultural center of Calakmul, also known as Kaan.[1]

He took the rulership some time prior to the year 561, and led Kaan into a war with rival Maya city-state Tikal (also known as Mutal), winning a major victory in 562 which broke Mutal's formerly extensive power in the southern Yucatán Peninsula for some decades.

Notes and References

  1. News: In Search of the Lost Empire of the Maya. https://web.archive.org/web/20160813095427/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/09/maya-empire-snake-kings-dynasty-mesoamerica/. dead. August 13, 2016. National Geographic. 2016-08-11. 2018-08-06.