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Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II

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Predecessor
  
Yax Nuun Ahiin I

Issue
  
K'an Chitam

Mother
  
Lady K'inich

Parents
  
Yax Nuun Ahiin I

Successor
  
K'an Chitam

Grandchild
  
Chak Tok Ich'aak II

Spouse
  
Lady Ahiin

Father
  
Yax Nuun Ahiin I

Died
  
3 February 456 AD

Place of burial
  
Tikal Temple 33

Children
  
K'an Chitam

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Reign
  
November 26, 411-February 3, 456

Grandparents
  
Spearthrower Owl, Lady K'inich

Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II also known as Storm Sky and Manikin Cleft Sky, (died February 3, 456), was an ajaw of the Maya city of Tikal. He took the throne on November 26, 411 and reigning until his death. He was a son of his predecessor Yax Nuun Ahiin I and Lady K'inich, a grandson of Spearthrower Owl. Stela 31, erected during his reign, describes the death of his grandfather in 439, other monuments associated with Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II are Stelae 1 and possibly Stelae 28. Tikal Temple 33 was Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II's funerary pyramid and his tomb was located beneath it.

References

Sihyaj Chan K'awiil II Wikipedia