Wak Chanil Ajaw

Lady Wac-Chanil-Ahau (modern reading - Ix-Wak-Chan-ʼAjaw-Lem?), also known as Lady Six Sky (d. 741), was a Maya queen of Naranjo in 682-741.

Lady Six Sky
Reign682 – 741
PredecessorKʼahk Skull Chan Chaak
SuccessorKʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak
BornDos Pilas?
DiedFebruary 10 or 11, 741
Full name
Lady Six Sky, also known as Lady Wac Chanil Ahau, Lady of Dos Pilas, Lady of Tikal
FatherBʼalaj_Chan_Kʼawiil of Dos Pilas
MotherLady Buluʼ
Maya civilization
History
Preclassic Maya
Classic Maya collapse
Spanish conquest of the Maya

She was the daughter of Bajlaj Chan Kʼawiil of Dos Pilas. She arrived at Naranjo in the position of ruling queen and established a "new dynasty." She was part of an arranged marriage between the Maya cities of Dos Pilas and Naranjo (in modern Guatemala) to include Naranjo into the Calakmul–Dos Pilas alliance. Instead, Naranjo defeated Caracol in a power struggle.

Lady Six Sky commissioned monuments that note she performed important calendric rituals, some shortly after her arrival.[1] Additionally, she is shown on monuments taking on the role of a warrior-king by standing over a trampled captive, an unusual representation for a woman. Naranjo Stela 24 is one such depiction.[2] Scholars suspect that Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak, the king who succeeded her, was the son of Lady Six Sky. He was born five years after her arrival at Naranjo.

Monuments that refer to Lady Six Sky are: Stelae 3, 18, 24, 29, and 31. She died on February 10 or 11, 741.

Lady Six Sky leads the Maya civilization in Civilization VI.[3]

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References
  1. Martin & Grube 2008:74
  2. Martin & Grube 2008:74; Miller & Martin 2004:99.
  3. "Civilization® VI – The Official Site | News | Civilization VI - First Look: Lady Six Sky Leads the Maya". Civilization® VI – The Official Site | News | Civilization VI - First Look: Lady Six Sky Leads the Maya. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
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