USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Metacom, also called Metacomet, King Philip, or Philip of Pokanoket, (born c. 1638, Massachusetts-died August 12, 1676, Rhode Island), sachem (intertribal leader) of a confederation of indigenous peoples that included the Wampanoag and Narraganset .

Detailed explanation-2: -He became sachem (chief) in 1662, after the deaths of his father and older brother. As a leader he took the lead in his tribe’s trade with the colonists. In time, he took the name King Philip to honor the relations between the colonists and his father and even purchased European style apparel in Boston.

Detailed explanation-3: -Metacom was later called “King Philip” by the English.

Detailed explanation-4: -Death of Massasoit & Wamsutta Wamsutta was given the name Alexander and Metacomet was called Philip to honor Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander the Great. Metacomet began to use the title & name King Philip in his interactions not only with the colonists but his own people & dressed accordingly.

Detailed explanation-5: -Philip was the self-proclaimed protector of the Roman Catholic Church. He sought to limit the spread of Protestantism, and he ultimately completed the work of unification begun by Ferdinand and Isabella (the “Catholic Monarchs”) in the Iberian Peninsula. Read more about the house of Habsburg and the Habsburg dynasty.