Wak Chanil Ajaw

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.

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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.[1] 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.[2] Scholars suspect that Kʼahkʼ 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.