Ruler 3

Reign: Uncertain

Preceded by: Popol Hol

Succeeded by: K’altuun Hix

Structures:

• Unknown

Not much is known about Ruler 3 - information between 437 and 524 - Popol Hol’s reign and the start of Bahlam Nehn’s - is limited at best.

This king may have been mentioned on Quirigua Monument 26 along with K’altuun Hix. The text refers to a “third” and “fourth king”, although the evidence is not conclusive (Martin and Grube 2008, 196).

Sources:

• Fash, Barbara W. 2011. Copan Sculpture Museum, The. Cambridge: Peabody Museum Press.
• Martin, Simon and Nikolai Grube. 2008. Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens: Dynasties of the Ancient Maya. London: Thames and Hudson