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Metacomet (1638 – August 12, 1676), also known as Pometacom, [1]: 205 Metacom, and by his adopted English name King Philip, [2] was sachem (elected chief) to the Wampanoag people and the second son of the sachem Massasoit.
Alfonso X, for example, made three issues of billon, in each of which the new coin was called a maravedí. His basic silver coin of 1258–1271 was also called a maravedí (maravedí de plata). It weighed 6.00 g and contained 3.67 g of fine silver. It was worth 30 dineros. At that time, the money of account was the Maravedí of 15 Sueldos or ...
Mary Rowlandson's The Sovereignty and Goodness of God is an account of her months of captivity by the Wampanoag during King Philip's War in which she expressed shock at the cruelties from Christian Indians. [43] From Massachusetts, the war spread to other parts of New England.
Bradford referred to the Pokanoket leader Ousamequin as "their great Sachem, called Massasoit". Ousamequin was succeeded as Great Leader of the Pokanoket by his sons, first by Wamsutta , (also known as Alexander), and then by Metacomet (also known as Philip), who was killed in the King Philip's War (1675–76).
King Philip may refer to Philip I of Macedon (fl. c. 593 BC) Philip II of Macedon (380–336 BC), Greek conqueror and father of Alexander the Great; Philippe of Belgium (born 1960) Ee-mat-la (died 1839), war leader of the Seminole in the Second Seminole War; Metacomet (died 1676), war leader of the Wampanoag in King Philip's War
The principal leader of the Second Seminole War, he led a small band successfully resisting the U.S. Army for over two years before his capture in 1837. King Philip: c. 1639–1676 1660s–1670s Wampanoag: The second son of Massasoit, Metacomet (or King Philip) led an open rebellion against the English Massachusetts Bay Colony known as King ...
His brother Metacom (Philip) succeeded him as Chief of the Wampanoag. Metacom's wife was Weetamoo's sister, Wootonekanuske. [7] Little is known about Weetamoo's third husband Quequequanachet. She ended the marriage to her fourth husband Petonowit/ Petananuet (called "Ben" by the English [5]) when he sided with the English during King Philip's ...
Gran dobla or dobla de a diez of Pedro I of Castile, minted in Seville in 1360 (Madrid).. The dobla (plural: doblas), including dobla castellana (excelente), gran dobla, dobla de la Banda, dobla cruzada, dobla alfonsi and dobla almohade, was the name of various Iberian gold coins between the 11th and 16th centuries, ranging in value from 2-870 maravedis, depending on the year. [1]