Piedras Negras Ruler 4 (November 18, 701 - November 26, 757) was one of the kings

Ajaw

Ajaw is a political rulership title attested from the epigraphic inscriptions of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, with a meaning variously interpreted as "lord", "ruler", "king" or "leader". It denoted any of the leading class of nobles in a particular polity and was not limited to a single...

 of that Maya city-state. He reigned AD 729-757.

Biography

This king was a successor of K'inich Yo'nal Ahk II

K'inich Yo'nal Ahk II

K'inich Yo'nal Ahk II was a king of Piedras Negras, Maya city in Guatemala. He reigned from January 2, 687 until 729.He had many monuments.- Birth :...

. It seems that they were not a father and son. He wear a belt ornament with a turtle headdress in one portrait, indicating by Maya sculptural convention that an ancestor, perhaps his father, had ahk, "turtle", in his name.

His sons were maybe Ha' K'in Xook and Rabbit Hand.

His successor was Yo'nal Ahk III

Yo'nal Ahk III

Yo'nal Ahk III - Ruler 5 - was a king of the Mayan city Piedras Negras, who ruled AD 758-767. His monuments are stelae 14 and 16.He was a successor of Piedras Negras Ruler 4....

, who was likely his son.