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Massasoit

1580 - 1662

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Massasoit Sachem ( MASS-ə-SOYT, -⁠SOY-it) or Ousamequin (c. 1581 – 1661) was the sachem or leader of the Wampanoag confederacy. Massasoit means Great Sachem. Although Massasoit was only his title, English colonists mistook it as his name and it stuck. Massasoit's people had been seriously weakened by a series of epidemics and were vulnerable to attacks by the Narragansetts, and he formed an alliance with the colonists at Plymouth Colony for defense against them. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Massasoit is the 15,480th most popular politician (up from 15,662nd in 2024). (up from 4,281st in 2019)

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Among politicians, Massasoit ranks 15,480 out of 19,576. Before him are Hoshyar Zebari, Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca, Anwaar ul Haq Kakar, José Tomás Ovalle, Heide Simonis, and Tommy Douglas. After him are Masrour Barzani, Jean-Marie Doré, C. E. Ruthenberg, Duncan Hunter, Sarduri IV, and Ashur-rabi I.

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Among people born in 1580, Massasoit ranks 27. Before him are Daniël Heinsius, Carlo Contarini, Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania, Thomas Middleton, Johann Faulhaber, and Dirk Hartog.  Among people deceased in 1662, Massasoit ranks 14. Before him are Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Johann Crüger, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Adriaen van de Venne, and François le Métel de Boisrobert. After him is Henry Lawes.

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