# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/k-ak-yipyaj-chan-k-awiil
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:49:23.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/k-ak-yipyaj-chan-k-awiil"
name: "K'ak' Yipyaj Chan K'awiil"
slug: "k-ak-yipyaj-chan-k-awiil"
description: "Kʼakʼ Yipyaj Chan Kʼawiil was a ruler of the Maya city of Copán. He was the son of Kʼakʼ Joplaj Chan Kʼawiil. The early period of his rulership fell within Copán's hiatus but later on he began a programme of renewal in an effort to recover from the earlier disaster of the city. He built a new version of Temple 26, with the Hieroglyphic Stairway being reinstalled on the new stairway and doubled in length. Five life-size statues of seated rulers were installed seated upon the stairway. Kʼakʼ Yipyaj Chan Kʼawiil died in the early 760s and is likely to have been interred in Temple 11, although the tomb has not yet been excavated."
tagline: "Ajaw of Copan"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cop%C3%A1n_Stela_N.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
deathDate: "763"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.02
  momentum:             8.71891891891892
  historical:           5.670374666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/K'ak'_Yipyaj_Chan_K'awiil"
    title: "K'ak' Yipyaj Chan K'awiil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%CA%BCak%CA%BC_Yipyaj_Chan_K%CA%BCawiil"
    title: "Kʼakʼ Yipyaj Chan Kʼawiil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%CA%BCak%CA%BC_Yipyaj_Chan_K%CA%BCawiil"
    title: "Kʼakʼ Yipyaj Chan Kʼawiil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A'%D0%B0%D0%BA'-%D0%87%D0%BF%D1%8F%D1%85-%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D0%9A'%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "К'ак'-Їпях-Чан-К'авііль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/K'ak'_Yipyaj_Chan_K'awiil"
    title: "K'ak' Yipyaj Chan K'awiil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%E2%80%99ahk%E2%80%99_Yipyaj_Chan_K%E2%80%99awiil"
    title: "K’ahk’ Yipyaj Chan K’awiil"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17155785"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump