Lady Pacal

::See also Pakal (disambiguation).

{{Infobox royalty

|name=Lady Pakal

|title=Ajaw

|image=

|caption =

|reign = ?-681

|succession =Queen consort of Yaxchilán

| reign-type = Tenure

|predecessor=

|successor= Lady K'ab'al Xook (sister)

|spouse=Yaxun Bahlam III

|issue=Itzamnaaj Bahlam III

|birth_date=607

|birth_place=Yaxchilán

|death_date={{Death date and age|705|||607|||df=y}}

|death_place=Yaxchilán

|religion=Maya religion

|father=

|mother=Lady Xibalba

}}

{{Maya civilization}}

File:Dintel 26 of Yaxchilan (724 CE) - Maya - National Museum of Antropology - Mexico 2024.jpg and her sister, Lady Xoc]]

Lady Pakal (or Lady Pacal; Mayan Ix Pacal{{cite book|author1=John Ferguson Harris|author2=Stephen K. Stearns|title=Understanding Maya Inscriptions: A Hieroglyph Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jLOcIYXA0L8C&pg=PA64|date=1 January 1997|publisher=UPenn Museum of Archaeology|isbn=978-0-924171-41-3|pages=64–}}) was a Maya Queen consort of Yaxchilan in Mexico.Mesoweb{{Full|date=November 2013}}

It is said that she lived into her sixth k'atun, meaning that she was at least ninety-eight when she died in 705.{{cite book|author=Anne Walthall|title=Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QXHbhsfaJAYC|year=2008|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-25444-2}}{{Page needed|date=November 2013}}{{cite book|author1=Simon Martin|author2=Nikolai Grube|title=Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mSIcAQAAIAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Thames & Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-28726-2}}{{rp|122}}

Her name means "shield".

Family

Lady Pacal was a daughter of Lady Xibalba and wife of the king (ajaw) Yaxun B'alam IIIThe Ancient Maya by Robert Sharer{{Full|date=November 2013}} and mother of Itzamnaaj B'alam II.{{rp|???}}{{Page needed|date=November 2013}}{{cite book|author1=David Freidel|author2=Linda Schele|title=A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5J4KkWIBUDYC|date=24 January 1992|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-688-11204-2}}

Her grandson was Yaxun B'alam IV (752–768).

Her possible sister was Lady Xoc and her daughter-in-law was Lady Eveningstar of Calakmul.

See also

References

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Category:Maya queens

Category:7th-century queens consort

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