Pakal the Great

Pakal, the Great was one of the kings most famous and respected of the classic maya, it was considered as a wise king, and just as a reformer, lit.
The scene in the image is a representation of when it took power in the year 615, the same is carved in high relief on the board oval of the House “C” of the Palace of Palenque.

In the image we can Sak Kuk, his mother, makes the delivery of the insignia of power to his young son, a headdress actual used by the rulers formed by rings of jade and an image of the deity of the maya royalty Huunal, while Pakal is sitting on a throne with double-headed jaguar.
The figure of Sak Kuk is quite interesting, it seems to have been a woman quite powerful and strategic. Pakal was not a direct heir to the throne and had to fight to become king, your mother made several strategic alliances to be able to put on other pretenders to the throne. Because Pakal so he was only twelve years old when he was declared king, he believes that his mother was the true custodian of the power dynastic for several years.