Sky Xul was a
king
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king.
*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
(
ajaw
Ajaw or Ahau ('Lord') is a pre-Columbian Maya political title attested from epigraphic inscriptions. It is also the name of the 20th day of the ''tzolkʼin'', the Maya divinatory calendar, on which a ruler's ''kʼatun''-ending rituals would fal ...
) of
Maya
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Civilizations
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...
city-state
Quiriguá
Quiriguá () is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the department of Izabal in south-eastern Guatemala. It is a medium-sized site covering approximately along the lower Motagua River, with the ceremonial center about from the north bank. ...
in
Guatemala
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, who ruled from 785 – c. 795.
Biography
Sky Xul became the reigning lord of Quiriguá, 78 days after the death of
K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat, who is thought to have been his father.
His reign lasted from 10 to 15 years and was a period of continued activity. Most of the Maya region cities already were suffering terminal decline, engulfed by the
Classic Maya collapse
In archaeology, the classic Maya collapse is the decline of the Classic Maya civilization and the abandonment of Maya cities in the southern Maya lowlands of Mesoamerica between the 7th and 9th centuries. At Ceibal, the Preclassic Maya e ...
. But in Quiriguá, Sky Xul dedicated three great zoomorph sculptures and two altars, considered marvels of Maya stoneworking. Sky Xul died some time between 795 and 800.
[Martin & Grube 2000, pp. 222–24.]
Jade Sky
Jade Sky (ruled c. 800 – c. 810) was a king of the Maya city-state Quirigua in Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to ...
succeeded Sky Xul and was the last ruler of Quiriguá.
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Kings of Quiriguá
8th century in Guatemala