Wuqu-Batz'
| Wuqu-Batz' | |
|---|---|
| Ahpo Sotz'il of Iximche | |
 Temple 2 had three construction phases dating, from oldest to newest, from the reigns of Wuqu-Batz', Oxlahuh Tz'i' and Hun-Iq'. | |
| Successor | Oxlahuh-Tz'i' |
| Spouse(s) | unknown queen |
| Issue | |
| Father | unknown |
| Mother | unknown |
Wuqu-Batz' was an Ahpo Sotz'il (ruler) of Iximche, capital of the Late Postclassic Kaqchikel Maya kingdom.
Biography
Hun-Toh and Wuqu-Batz' served the great K'iche' king K'iq'ab with such loyalty that he rewarded them with the royal titles Ahpo Sotz'il and Ahpo Xahil and the power to rule.[1] The sons of K'iq'ab became jealous and led a revolt against their father that seriously damaged his authority.[2]
After one incident with a woman and the K'iche' soldier, the Kaqchikel demanded the execution of the soldier while the K'iche' nobility demanded the punishment of the bread seller. When the Kaqchikel lords refused to hand her over, the K'iche' lords sentenced Hun-Toh and Wuqu-Batz' to death against the wishes of K'iq'ab.[3]
K'iq'ab warned his Kaqchikel friends and advised them to flee Q'umarkaj. The four lords of the Kaqchikel - Wuqu-Batz', Hun-Toh, Chuluk and Xitamel-Keh - led their people out of the K'iche' capital to found their own capital at Iximche. The exact year of this event is not known with certainty.
The successor of Wuqu-Batz' was his son Oxlahuh-Tz'i', father of Hun-Iq'.