Shana'Kin Yaxchel Pacal | |
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Title | Queen consort of Tikal |
Religion | Maya religion |
Spouse | King Yik'in Chan K'awiil |
Shana'Kin Yaxchel Pacal ("Green Jay on the Wall") was a Mayan Queen of Tikal as a wife of the King Yik'in Chan K'awiil.[1]
Shana'Kin Yaxchel Pacel is also known as Lady of Palenque, or Green Jay on the Wall. Her father's name is unknown but he had five wives:
1. Lady Cedar Jaguar Claw, 2. Lady White Shell Blossom, 3. Lady Mountain Cloud, 4. Jay on a Tall Red Lily, mother of Lady of Palenque (Shana'Kin Yaxchel Pacel) 5. Lady Fresh Pith Palmtrees
Her siblings were:
Cormorant, Precious to the Song God, Quetzal Jaguar (though Lady Cedar Jaguar Claw,
White Treeblossom, Butz Zak Chik-Xul, (though Lady White Shell Blossom,
Lightening Mountain Cloud, (though Lady Mountain Cloud),
Deer Cactus, Dove Cactus, Three Storms, Five Dawns, (though Lady Fresh Pith Palmtress).
Shana'Kin Yaxchel Pacal (Lady of Palenque) may have had more siblings. Lady of Palenque married Yik'in Chan K'awlil(Fire Keeper, Serpent of Holy Linages), who was thirty years older than her, they had a son, New Dawn Sky Anther. After her husband's death, Lady of Palenque may have married again and had another son, whom she named after her husband's cousin. But it is unclear.