Pacal I or Pakal I (? - March 9, 612) was a ajawof the Maya city-state of Palenque. While his dynastic position is not enitrely certain[1]. He may have been the brother of Aj Ne' Ohl Mat. It seems that he never asended to the high-kingship in his own right. He was the mother of Lady Zac-Kuk one of the rare queens regnant of Mayan history. March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... Events Saint Columbanus moves to Italy to establish the monastery of Bobbio (approximate date). ... AJAW is the title in the Mayan language of the King of a Precolumbian city state of the Maya people on the (now Mexican) Yucatan peninsula (explicitely attested in Palenque and in Tikal) and in neighbouring Central America, in Guatemala and Belize (the former British Honduras). ... The Maya civilization is a historical Mesoamerican civilization, which extended throughout the northern Central American region which includes the present-day states of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras and parts of El Salvador, as well as the southern Mexican states of Chiapas, Tabasco and the entirety of the Yucatán peninsula. ... The Palace, Ruins of Palenque Palenque is a Maya archeological site not far from the Usumacinta River in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, about 130 km. ... Aj Ne Ohl Mat was a king of the Maya city of Palenque. ... Lady Zac-Kuk (sometimes rendered as Sac Kuk ) was Queen of the Maya state of Baakal, now known as Palenque, in what is now eastern Mexico. ... A queen regnant is a female monarch, who possesses all the monarchal powers that a king would have, without regard to gender. ...
He should not be confused with his grandson Pacal II, better known as Pacal the Great. Pacal II, also known as Pacal the Great (the name is sometimes rendered as Pakal) (26 March 603 - 31 August 683), was king of the Maya kingdom of Palenque. ...
Pacal II, also known as Pacal the Great (the name is sometimes rendered as Pakal) (26 March 603 - 31 August 683), was king of the Maya kingdom of Palenque.
Pacal saw expansion of Palenque's power in the western part of the Maya states, and initiated a building program at his capital that produced some of Maya civilization's finest art and architecture.
After his death, Pacal the Great was worshiped as a god, and said to communicate with his descendants.
K'inich Janaab' Pakal, beter bekend als Pacal de Grote, (26 maart 605- 31 augustus 683) was Ahau van Palenque vanaf 29 juli 615.
Hij was de kleinzoon van ene Pacal I die zelf nooit geregeerd had, maar ook de zoon van een regerend vorstin was, vrouwe Kanal-Ikal.
Pacal liet een groot aantal gebouwen achter, zoals de Olividado tempel in het westen van de stad, de Graaf's tempel en de huizen E,B en C van het paleis.