List of rulers of Copan

This is a list of the rulers of the ancient Maya city state Copan. The list only includes Rulers after 426 when K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' reformed Copan.^[1]

K'ak' Chan Yopaat

Uaxaclajuun Ubaah Kawiil

K'ac Yipyaj Chan K'awiil

Name (or nickname)	Ruled	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?	–

Notes

1. This list is compiled from the Copán rulers 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.