Yichʼaak Bʼalam

Yichʼaak Bʼalam was a Maya king of Seibal.

Yichʼaak Bahlam
Ajaw
Stela 16 from Dos Pilas depicts the defeated king Yichʼaak Bʼalam.
King of Seibal
Reign	c.735-c.750?
Religion	Maya religion

Biography

In AD 735 Uchaʼan Kʼin Bʼalam - the fourth king of Dos Pilas kingdom - attacked Seibal, capturing Yichʼaak Bʼalam.^[1] The captive king was not executed but rather became a vassal of his more powerful neighbour.^[2] Yichʼaak Bʼalam is shown under the feet of Uchaʼan Kʼin Bʼalam on Aguateca Stela 2.^[3]

Yichʼaak Bʼalam continued as a vassal under the next king of Dos Pilas, Kʼawiil Chan Kʼinich, who presided over rituals at Seibal in 745 and 747.^[4]