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.