Kan Bahlam IThe ruler's name, when transcribed is (K'INICH) KAN AHLAMma, translated "Radiant Snake Jaguar". (), also known as Chan Bahlum I, (September 18, 524 – February 1, 583) was an

ajaw Ajaw or Ahau ('Lord') is a pre-Columbian Maya civilization, Maya political title attested from epigraphy, epigraphic inscriptions. It is also the name of the 20th day of the ''tzolkʼin'', the Maya divinatory calendar, on which a ruler's ''kʼatu ...

of the

Maya Maya may refer to: Ethnic groups * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (East Africa), a p ...

city-state of

Palenque Palenque (; Yucatec Maya: ), also anciently known in the Itza Language as Lakamha ("big water" or "big waters"), was a Maya city-state in southern Mexico that perished in the 8th century. The Palenque ruins date from ca. 226 BC to ca. 799 AD ...

. He acceded to the throne on April 6, 572 at age 47 and ruled until his death.These are the dates indicated on the Maya inscriptions in Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, Born: 9.4.10.1.5 11 Chikchan 13 Ch'en, Acceded: 9.6.18.5.12 10 Eb 0 Wo and Died: 9.7.9.5.5 11 Chikchan 3 K'ayab. Kan Bahlam was most likely the younger brother of his predecessor,

Ahkal Moʼ Nahb II Ahkal Moʼ Nahb IIThe ruler's name, when transcribed is a-ku-AL MOʼ-na-bi, translated "Turtle Macaw Lake?". also known as Chaacal II and Akul Anab II, (September 3, 523 – July 21, 570) was an ajaw of the Maya city-state of Palenque. He took the ...

and probably son of

Kʼan Joy Chitam I Kʼan Joy Chitam I,The ruler's name, when transcribed is KʼAN-na-JOY HITAMma, translated "Precious/Yellow Tied Peccary". also known as Hok, Kan Xul I and Kʼan Hokʼ Chitam I, (May 3, 490 – February 6, 565) was an ajaw of the Maya city-state of ...

. He was the first ruler of Palenque to use the title ''Kʼinich'', albeit inconsistently. The title is usually translated as "radiant" but literally means "

sun The Sun is the star at the centre of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy from its surface mainly as visible light a ...

-faced".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kan Bahlam, I Monarchs of Palenque 583 deaths 6th-century monarchs in North America 524 births 6th-century Maya people