Hunyg
One of the two rulers of the Kaqchikel kingdom of Iximche, who died in the pestilence; Brinton dated his death to 1521.
d. 1521?
The Pestilence at Iximche
Annals of the Kaqchikels, edited and translated by Daniel G. Brinton (1885) · events of the early 1520s (Brinton dates the king’s death to 1521); written down later in the sixteenth century
129. Xcavinak ok xtiquer yauabil, tok xecam ka tata ka mama, chi cablahuh Carney xcam ahauh Huny£ yxiquin mama.
Forty [days] after the sickness began, our fathers and grandfathers died. On the day 14 Camey, King Hunyg, your grandfather, died.
131. Rahpop achi Balam, rubi, nabey ru^ahol ahauh Huny£, ha ki tanti £a£ar chi quivach ahaua, ok xpe nima camic ^-hac.
The counselor Balam was the name of the eldest son of King Hunyg. He was already honored before the lords when the great death of the pestilence came.