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Sak Kʼukʼ
Ajaw
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Sak Kʼukʼ's portrait in a lintel of 615
Queen of Palenque
Reign 19 October 612 – 615 (abdicated)
Predecessor Ajen Yohl Mat
Successor Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I
Born Palenque
Died 12 September 640
Palenque
Spouse Kʼan Moʼ Hix
Issue Ajen Yohl Mat (possibly)
Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I
Father Janahb Pakal (possibly)
Mother Yohl Ikʼnal
Religion Maya religion
Signature Sak Kʼukʼ's signature

Sak Kʼukʼ also known as Muwaan Mat, Lady Sak Kʼukʼ and Lady Beastie (died 640), was queen of the Maya city-state of Palenque. She acceded to the throne in October, 612 and ruled until 615.

Biography

Her father was Janahb Pakal and her mother was Yohl Ikʼnal or unknown. As Janaab Pakal seems to have had no male heirs, she ascended to the throne on 19 October 612, a few months after her father's death. After his maturity, her son Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I succeeded her as ruler on 9.9.2.4.8 5 Lamat 1 Mol. She seems to have continued to wield considerable influence over Palenque in the early decades of her son's reign. For example, Sak Kʼukʼ is recorded on Pakal's sarcophagus lid as the ruler who celebrated the sealing of the Kʼatun on 9.10.0.0.0 (25 January 633 AD). She was probably mother of Ajen Yohl Mat.

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