Pocahontas (c.1595 - March 21, 1617) was a Virginia Indian chiefs daughter notable for having assisted colonial settlers at Jamestown (Jamestown Settlement) in present-day Virginia. She converted to Christianity and married the English (English people) settler John Rolfe. After they traveled to London, she became famous in the last year of her life. She was a daughter of Wahunsunacawh (Chief Powhatan), better known as Chief or Emperor Powhatan (to indicate his primacy), who headed a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tidewater region of Virginia (called Tenakomakah by the Powhatan). These tribes made up what is known as the Powhatan Chiefdom and were part of the Algonquian language family.