Opechancanough
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mangopeesomon, Opechankanough, Ope-Chan-Ca-Nough
thumb|A 1585 painting of a Chesapeake Bay warrior by John White; this painting was adapted to represent Opechancanough in the engraving above.
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It sits within the topics 1550s births, 1646 deaths and 17th-century Native American leaders.
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Key facts
- Officeholder.caption
- 'John Smith taking the King of Pamunkey prisoner', a fanciful image of Opechancanough from Smith's General History of Virginia (1624). The image of Opechancanough is based on a 1585 painting of another native warrior by John White (see below)
- Officeholder.office
- Paramount chief of the Powhatan Confederacy
- Officeholder.predecessor
- Opitchipam
- Officeholder.successor
- Necotowance
- Officeholder.birth_date
- c. 1554
- Officeholder.death_date
- 1646 (aged 92)
- Officeholder.death_place
- Jamestown, Colony of Virginia, British America
- Officeholder.death_cause
- Shot in the back while a prisoner
- Officeholder.resting_place
- Pamunkey Reservation, King William, Virginia, U.S.
- Officeholder.relatives
- Chief Powhatan (brother)Pocahontas (niece)John Rolfe (nephew-in-law)
- Officeholder.awards
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- Officeholder.mawards
- <!-- for military awards - appears as "Awards" if
- Officeholder.allegiance
- Powhatan Confederacy
- Officeholder.battles
- Anglo-Powhatan Wars
- Officeholder.name
- Opechancanough
- Officeholder.native_name
- (Mangopeesomon)
- Officeholder.image
- John Smith taking the King of Pamavnkee prisoner - etching.jpg
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Jamestown
- Sibling
- Chief Powhatan
- Occupation
- traditional leader or chief
- Image
- Opechancanough statue Jamestown Settlement 20250517.jpg
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- date of death
- 1646-01-01
- date of birth
- 1554-01-01
- place of burial
- Virginia
- Commons category
- Opechancanough
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Name
- Powhatan warrior
- Powhatan chief
- Connection with Don Luis
- Illness
- Representations
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|A 1585 painting of a Chesapeake Bay warrior by John White; this painting was adapted to represent Opechancanough in the engraving above.
Opechancanough ( ; – ) was a sachem (or paramount chief) of the Powhatan Confederacy in present-day Virginia from 1618 until his death. He had been a leader in the confederacy formed by his older brother Powhatan, from whom he inherited the paramountcy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Opechancanough” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.