Lady Pacal

See also Pakal (disambiguation).

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Lady Pakal (or Lady Pacal; Mayan Ix Pacal^[1]) was a Maya Queen consort of Yaxchilan in Mexico.^[2]^{[full citation needed]}

It is said that she lived into her sixth k'atun, meaning that she was at least ninety-eight when she died in 705.^[3]^{[page needed]}^[4]^: 122

Her name means "shield".

Family

Lady Pacal was a daughter of Lady Xibalba and wife of the king (ajaw) Yaxun B'alam III^[5]^{[full citation needed]} and mother of Itzamnaaj B'alam II.^[4]^: ???^{[page needed]}^[6]

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.

^ John Ferguson Harris; Stephen K. Stearns (1 January 1997). Understanding Maya Inscriptions: A Hieroglyph Handbook. UPenn Museum of Archaeology. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-0-924171-41-3.
^ Mesoweb
^ Anne Walthall (2008). Servants of the Dynasty: Palace Women in World History. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25444-2.
^ ^a ^b Simon Martin; Nikolai Grube (2008). Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-28726-2.
^ The Ancient Maya by Robert Sharer
^ David Freidel; Linda Schele (24 January 1992). A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-688-11204-2.