Pocahontas
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Summary
Pocahontas was born on 1596[1] in Werowocomoco[2]. She died on March 1617[3] in Gravesend[4]. She worked as a writer[5]. She ranks in the top 0.46% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33,000 views/month, #4,614 of 1,000,298).[6]
Key Facts
- Date of death: March 21, 1617[7]
- Place of burial: St George's Church, Gravesend[8]
- Father: Chief Powhatan[9]
- Mother: Nonoma Winanuske Matatiske[10]
- Spouse: John Rolfe[11], Kocoum[12]
- Child: Thomas Rolfe[13], Ka-Okee Powhatan[14]
- Country of citizenship: Tsenacommacah[15], Kingdom of England[16]
- Native language: Algonquin[17], Powhatan[18]
- Ethnic group: Powhatan[19], Algonquian peoples[20]
- Religion or worldview: Anglicanism[21]
- Sex or gender: female[22]
- Noble title: princess[23]
- Commons category: Pocahontas[24]
- Family name: Rolfe[25]
- Given name: Rebecca[26]
- Significant event: believer's baptism[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pocahontas[28]
- Manner of death: natural causes[29]
- Described by source: Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary[30], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[31], A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography[32], The American Cyclopædia[33], Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography[34], Meyer’s Universum, Achtzehnter Band[35]
- Languages spoken, written or signed: English[36], Algonquin[37], Powhatan[38]
- Nickname: Matoaka[39]
- Birth name: Amonute[40]
- Name in native language: Pocahontas[41]
- Different from: Pocahontas[42], Chief Pocatello[43]
- Significant person: Alexander Whitaker[44]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Pocahontas include she[45], a fictional human[46]; Pocahontas County[47], a county of West Virginia[48], in United States[49], founded in 1821[50]; 4487 she[51], an asteroid[52]; Doronomyrmex pocahontas[53], a taxon[54]; Odostomia pocahontasae[55]; and Turbonilla pocahontasae[56].
Why It Matters
Pocahontas has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] She is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Entities named for her include she[45], a fictional human[46]; Pocahontas County[47], a county of West Virginia[48], in United States[49], founded in 1821[50]; 4487 she[51], an asteroid[52]; and Doronomyrmex pocahontas[53], a taxon[54].
FAQs
Where was Pocahontas born?
Pocahontas's place of birth was Werowocomoco[2].
Where did Pocahontas die?
Pocahontas passed away in Gravesend[4].
Who were Pocahontas's parents?
Pocahontas's father was Chief Powhatan[9]. Pocahontas's mother was Nonoma Winanuske Matatiske[10].
Who was Pocahontas married to?
Pocahontas's spouses include John Rolfe[11] and Kocoum[12].
What did Pocahontas do for work?
Pocahontas worked as a writer[5].