Yajaw Teʼ Kʼinich I Explained

Yajaw Teʼ Kʼinich I
Ajaw
Succession:King of Caracol
Reign:12 April 484 – 514
Predecessor:Kʼahkʼ Ujol Kʼinich I
Successor:Kʼan I
Birth Place:Caracol
Death Date:514
Death Place:Caracol
Mother:Lady Penis-head of Xultun
Issue:Kʼan I
Religion:Maya religion

Yajaw Teʼ Kʼinich I was a Mayan king (ajaw) of Caracol in Belize.

Life

He was probably a son of Kʼahkʼ Ujol Kʼinich I and Lady of Xultun (she was maybe a wife of latter king).

Whereas his predecessors are known only from retrospective texts, this ruler's monuments record a contemporaneous date in AD 487.

His monuments are stelae 13 and 20? and altar 4.

His son was Kʼan I and his grandson was Yajaw Teʼ Kʼinich II.

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