K'inich Muwaan Jol

Biography and sources The last named ruler of Tikal preceding K'inich Muwaan Jol was Une' B'alam, a female ruler who took power by 317 AD, possibly due to a breakdown of the royal dynasty's male line. A Tikal ruler depicted with a trophy head and captive is then recorded on a jade celt known as the Leiden Plaque to acceded to the throne in 320.

Muwaan Jol's reign was part of a period of political stability and architectural growth at Tikal in the 4th century. The first version of a platform in the Mundo Perdido complex, labelled 3D-43-1 by archaeologists, was probably built c. 350, possibly during Muwaan Jol's reign. Muwaan Jol is named on Tikal Stela 39 as the father of Chak Tok Ich'aak I, who succeeded him as ajaw. A later stela of Chak Tok Ich'aak I depicts Muwaan Jol alongside other ancestral lords and himself. His death, likely in 359, is recorded on a stela at Corozal.