Nachi Cocom
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Nachi Cocom | |
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 20th century representation by Fernando Castro Pacheco in Mérida’s Governor’s Palace | |
| Sotuta Kuchkabal leader | |
| Succeeded by | Lorenzo Cocom |
| Halach Uinik | |
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| Died | 1562 Yucatán, New Spain |
| Children | Francisco Cocom |
| Mother tongue | Yucatec Maya |
| Nickname | Juan Cocom |
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| Battles/wars | Battle of T’ho |
Nachi Cocom (? - 1562), known to Spanish conquistadors as Juan Cocom , was a
T’ho in the center of modern day Mérida, Yucatán on June 10–11, 1542.[1] He survived the battle and eventually submitted to Spanish rule, becoming baptized as Juan Cocom. He is considered by some to be the “last” halach uinik of the Maya,[2] though the Itzá of Nojpetén
resisted Spanish dominion until 1697.
References
- ^ Eligio Ancona (1878). Historia de Yucatan: Desde la època más remota hasta nuestros dias (in Spanish). unknown library. Impr. de M. Heredia Argüelles. pp. 330–333.
- ^ Navarrete Muñoz, Gonzalo (December 2020). Mérida, 100 lugares imprescindibles (in Spanish). Mexico City: Nexos Sociedad Ciencia y Literatura. p. 13.
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