Wak Chanil Ajaw

Lady Six Sky
Reign	682 – 741
Predecessor	Kʼahk Skull Chan Chaak
Successor	Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak
Born	Dos Pilas?
Died	February 10 or 11, 741
Names Lady Six Sky, also known as Lady Wac Chanil Ahau, Lady of Dos Pilas, Lady of Tikal
Father	Bʼalaj_Chan_Kʼawiil of Dos Pilas
Mother	Lady Buluʼ

Lady Wac-Chanil-Ahau (modern reading - Ix-Wak-Chan-ʼAjaw-Lem?), also known as Lady Six Sky (d. 741), was a Maya queen of Naranjo in 682-741.

She was the daughter of Bajlaj Chan Kʼawiil of Dos Pilas. She arrived at Naranjo in the position of ruling queen and established a "new dynasty." She was part of an arranged marriage between the Maya cities of Dos Pilas and Naranjo (in modern Guatemala) to include Naranjo into the Calakmul–Dos Pilas alliance. Instead, Naranjo defeated Caracol in a power struggle.

Lady Six Sky commissioned monuments that note she performed important calendric rituals, some shortly after her arrival. Additionally, she is shown on monuments taking on the role of a warrior-king by standing over a trampled captive, an unusual representation for a woman. Naranjo Stela 24 is one such depiction. Scholars suspect that Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak, the king who succeeded her, was the son of Lady Six Sky. He was born five years after her arrival at Naranjo.

Monuments that refer to Lady Six Sky are: Stelae 3, 18, 24, 29, and 31. She died on February 10 or 11, 741.

In popular culture

Lady Six Sky leads the Maya civilization in Civilization VI.

References

• Bulliet, Richard W.; Daniel R. Headrick; Steven W. Hirsch; Lyman L. Johnson; David Northrup. The Earth and Its People: A Global History. Houghton Mifflin Company. pp. 298. ISBN 0-618-21464-X.