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Nachi Cocom (? - 1562), known to Spanish conquistadors as Juan Cocom , was a halach uinik (Mayan theocratic leader) of the Sotuta kuchkabal in modern day Yucatán, Mexico, and a descendant of the Cocom lineage that in previous centuries had led the League of Mayapan. He is notable for organizing armed resistance to the Spanish conquistadors under Francisco de Montejo the Younger, but was defeated in a battle at the ruins of 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.
Juan Cocom | |
|---|---|
"Nachi Cocom" | |
 20th century representation by Fernando Castro Pacheco in Mérida’s Governor’s Palace | |
| Sotuta Kuchkabal leader | |
| Succeeded by | Lorenzo Cocom |
| Halach Uinik | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | "Nachi Cocom" c. 1510 |
| Died | 1562 Yucatán, New Spain |
| Children | Francisco Cocom |
| Mother tongue | Yucatec Maya |
| Nickname | Juan Cocom |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Battle of T’ho |
References
edit- ^ 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.