One of the colonists, John Rolfe, became enamored with Pocahontas and asked Sir Thomas Dale if he could marry her. Dale agreed, as did her father, and the two were married. The marriage between the two helped bring a period of peace between the colonists and the Natives. In 1616, Pocahontas was invited to England, where she met the King and Queen. During her visit, she contracted small pox. In 1617, while still in England, Pocahontas died from her illness.