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Pocahontas

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Also known as Matoaka, Amonute, Rebecca Rolfe

Pocahontas (, ; born Amonute, also known as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Wahunsenacawh, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribes in the Tsenacommacah (known in English as the Powhatan Confederacy), encompassing the Tidewater region of what is today the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Pocahontas, born Rebecca in 1596 at Werowocomoco, was a female member of the Powhatan and Algonquian peoples. She held the noble title of princess and was the daughter of Chief Powhatan. Her citizenship included Tsenacommacah and the Kingdom of England. She spoke English, Algonquin, and Powhatan, with Algonquin and Powhatan as her native languages. She practiced Anglicanism and underwent believer's baptism.

She married John Rolfe and had a child named Thomas Rolfe. She died of natural causes in Gravesend in 1617 and was buried on March 21, 1617. Alexander Whitaker is listed as a significant person. She is described by sources including The Nuttall Encyclopædia and Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. The name Pocahontas appears in her native language.

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Key facts

Person.name
Pocahontas
Person.image
Pocahontas by Simon van de Passe (1616).png
Person.caption
Pocahontas depicted in a 1616 portrait engraving by Simon de Passe
Person.other_names
Matoaka, Rebecca Rolfe
Person.birth_name
Amonute
Person.birth_place
Werowocomoco, Tsenacommacah)
Person.death_place
Gravesend, Kent, Kingdom of England
Person.resting_place
St George's Church, Gravesend, Gravesham, England
Person.known_for
Association with Jamestown colony, inclusion in writings by John Smith, and as a Powhatan convert to Christianity
Person.children
Thomas Rolfe
Person.parents
Wahunsenacawh (father)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Rebecca
Gender
female
Citizenship
Kingdom of England
Place of birth
Werowocomoco
Place of death
Gravesend
Father
Chief Powhatan
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
Powhatan
Native language
Powhatan
Religion
Anglicanism
Noble title
princess
Image
NPG 65 61 Pocahontas.tif
Significant event
believer's baptism
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Commons category
Pocahontas
date of death
1617-03-00
date of birth
1596-00-00
topic's main category
Category:Pocahontas
date of burial or cremation
1617-03-21
manner of death
natural causes
ethnic group
Algonquian peoples
different from
Chief Pocatello
name in native language
Pocahontas
significant person
Alexander Whitaker
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Contents
  • Early life
  • Names
  • Title and status
  • Interactions with the colonists
  • John Smith
  • Capture
  • Possible first marriage
  • Marriage to John Rolfe
  • England
  • Death
  • Legacy
  • Image gallery
  • Cultural representations
  • Stage
  • Stamps
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  • Literature
  • Art
  • Others
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Further reading
  • External links

Pocahontas (, ; born Amonute, also known as Matoaka and Rebecca Rolfe; 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Wahunsenacawh, the paramount chief of a network of tributary tribes in the Tsenacommacah (known in English as the Powhatan Confederacy), encompassing the Tidewater region of what is today the U.S. state of Virginia.

Pocahontas was captured and held for ransom by English colonists during hostilities in 1613. During her captivity, she was encouraged to convert to Christianity and was baptized under the name Rebecca. She married the tobacco planter John Rolfe in April 1614 at the age of about 17 or 18, and she bore their son, Thomas Rolfe, in January 1615.

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