Marriage of Pocahontas and John Rolfe

Date: April 5, 1614 • Location: Surry, United States

Pocahontas (pictured), a Native American woman, married English colonist John Rolfe, leading to a period of peace between the Powhatan people and the inhabitants of Jamestown, Virginia.

Pocahontas 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 Mamanatowick (leader) of a network of tributary tribes in the Powhatan Confederacy, encompassing the Tidewater region of what is today the U.S. state of Virginia.