This is a list of the kings of the ancient Maya city-state Copán (current western Honduras). The list only includes kings after 426 when K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' reformed Copán.
Copán was ruled by the Yax Kuk Mo dynasty, installed in 426, by Teotihuacan influence and support of the king Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II of Tikal, ruled between the 5th and 9th century. The architectural works (buildings, pyramids, statues, temples, altars and sports centers) built in Copán during the government of the Yax K'uk Mo' dynasty are preserved today, being accessible to the general public. Yax Kuk Mo means First Quetzal Macaw.
| Name (or nickname) | Ruled | Image | Dynastic succession no. |
Alternative Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' | 426 - c. 437 | 
|
1 | Great-Sun First Quetzal Macaw |
| K'inich Popol Hol | c. 437 | 2 | Great-Sun | |
| name unknown | c. 455 | 3 | Ruler 3 | |
| Ku Ix | c. 465 | 4 | K'altuun Hix, Tuun K'ab' Hix | |
| name unknown | c. 476 | 5 | Ruler 5 | |
| Muyal Jol | c. 485 | 6 | Ruler 6 | |
| B'alam Nehn | 504–544 | 7 | Jaguar Mirror; Waterlily-Jaguar | |
| Wil Ohl K'inich | 532–551 | 8 | Ruler 8; Head on Earth | |
| Sak-Lu | 551–553 | 9 | Ruler 9 | |
| Tzi-B'alam | 553–578 | 10 | Moon Jaguar | |
| K'ak' Chan Yopaat | 578–628 | 
|
11 | B'utz' Chan; Smoke Serpent |
| Chan Imix K'awiil | 628–695 | 12 | Smoke Jaguar | |
| Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil | 695–738 | 
|
13 | 18 Rabbit |
| K'ak' Joplaj Chan K'awiil | 738–749 | 14 | Smoke Monkey | |
| K'ak' Yipyaj Chan K'awiil | 749–763 | 
|
15 | Smoke Shell; Smoke Squirrel |
| Yax Pasaj Chan Yopaat | 763–after 810 | 16 | Yax Pac | |
| Ukit Took | 822 | 17? | – |
Copán was completely abandoned around the year 827 AD.
Notes
- This list is compiled from the Copán kings list in Sharer and Traxler 2006, pp. 336-8 and Martin & Grube 2000, pp. 190-213.
References
- Martin, Simon; Nikolai Grube (2000). Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Deciphering the Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. London and New York: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05103-8. OCLC 47358325.
- Sharer, Robert J.; Loa P. Traxler (2006). The Ancient Maya (6th (fully revised) ed.). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4817-9. OCLC 57577446.