K’inich Kan B’alam II (Classic Maya: K’inich Chan B’alam) also (formerly) known as Chan Bahlum II (Serpent Jaguar) (May 23 635 – February 20 702) was king of the pre-Columbian Maya polity of Baakal in the Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology based around the ceremonial center and city now known as the Maya archaeological site of Palenque. Kan B’alam took the throne on January 10 684 several months after the death of his father and predecessor Pacal the Great.
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