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Don Juan de Rojas and Don Juan Cortés are the first Spanish names in the lineage of K’iche’ lords, signaling the influence of the Spanish and Catholicism after the Spanish conquest. Christenson (2007: 297n862) states that, “early evangelization efforts focused on survivors of the old highland Maya nobility in the hope that they would set an example for the rest of the people. Baptism was also a necessary step for any Maya of noble birth who aspired to a place in the new political order, since without it the Spanish authorities would not recognize their legitimacy or territorial claims.