Kʼicheʼ kingdom of Qʼumarkaj
Qʼumarkaj (Utatlán) | |||||||
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| c.1225–1524 | |||||||
| Capital | Chitinamit (1225-1400), Qʼumarkaj (1400-1524) | ||||||
| Common languages | Classical Kʼicheʼ | ||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||
| Ajpop | |||||||
• ~1225–1250 (first) | Bʼalam Kitze | ||||||
• ~1250-1275 | K'ok'oja | ||||||
• ~1275–1300 | Tz'ikin | ||||||
• ~1300–1325 | Ajkan | ||||||
• ~1325–1350 | K'okaib' | ||||||
• ~1350–1375 | K'onache | ||||||
• ~1375–1400 | K'otuja | ||||||
• ~1400–1435 | Q'uq'umatz | ||||||
• ~1435–1475 | K'iq'ab' | ||||||
• ~1475–1500 | Vahxak' i-Kaam | ||||||
• ~1500–1524 (last) | Oxib Keh | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | c.1225 | ||||||
| 1524 | |||||||
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The Kʼicheʼ kingdom of Qʼumarkaj was a state in the highlands of modern-day Guatemala which was founded by the Kʼicheʼ (Quiché) Maya in the thirteenth century, and which expanded through the fifteenth century until it was conquered by Spanish and Nahua forces led by Pedro de Alvarado in 1524.
The Kʼicheʼ kingdom reached its height under the king Kʼiqʼab who ruled from the fortified town of Qʼumarkaj (also called by its Nahuatl name Utatlán) near the modern town of Santa Cruz del Quiché. During his rule the Kʼicheʼ ruled large areas of highland Guatemala extending into Mexico, and they subdued other Maya peoples such as the Tzʼutujil, Kaqchikel and Mam, as well as the Nahuan Pipil people.