Cocom

The Cocom were a Maya dynasty ruling from Mayapan in Yucatán. Their power rested on tribute from towns across the northern plain.

In 1441 Ah Xiu Xupan of the rival Xiu lineage massacred the Cocom household; an heir away in Honduras survived and his family later ruled Sotuta. During the Spanish invasion, its lord Nachi Cocom had Xiu ambassadors killed in 1536 and resisted Francisco de Montejo the Younger. Defeated at T'ho in 1542, he submitted, took the baptismal name Juan Cocom and died in 1562.