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Powhatan

1545 - 1618

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Powhatan (c. 1547 – c. 1618), whose proper name was Wahunsenacawh (alternately spelled Wahunsenacah, Wahunsunacock, or Wahunsonacock), was the leader of the Powhatan, an alliance of Algonquian-speaking Native Americans living in Tsenacommacah, in the Tidewater region of Virginia at the time when English settlers landed at Jamestown in 1607. Powhatan, alternately called "King" or "Chief" Powhatan by English settlers, led the main political and military power facing the early colonists, and was probably the older brother of Opechancanough, who led attacks against the settlers in 1622 and 1644. He was the father of Matoaka (Pocahontas). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Powhatan is the 3,542nd most popular politician (up from 11,279th in 2019). (up from 2,658th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Powhatan ranks 3,543 out of 19,576. Before him are Clotilde of France, Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Paul Painlevé, Demetrius I Soter, Adélaïde of France, Marcomer, and Rudy Giuliani. After him are Leonidas II, John George I, Elector of Saxony, Ivan Ribar, Archduke Ernest of Austria, and Najm ad-Din Ayyub.

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Among people born in 1545, Powhatan ranks 9. Before him are Carlos, Prince of Asturias, Elisabeth of Valois, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Túpac Amaru, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, and John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg. After him are Anna of Sweden, Azai Nagamasa, Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha, Guidobaldo del Monte, Luzzasco Luzzaschi, and Frans Pourbus the Elder. Among people deceased in 1618, Powhatan ranks 5. Before him are Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria, Giulio Caccini, Walter Raleigh, and Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia. After him are Anna of Tyrol, Petrus Gonsalvus, Philip William, Prince of Orange, John, Duke of Östergötland, Marie of the Incarnation, Heo Gyun, and Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara.

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