where did most of the pirates come from
Golden Age of Piracy Piracy arose out of, and mirrored on a smaller scale, the conflicts over trade and colonization among the rival European powers of the time, including the empires of Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal and France. Most of these pirates were of Welsh, English, Dutch and French origin.
List of Pirates of the Caribbean characters Elizabeth Swann (later Elizabeth Turner) appears in the first three films in the series and is the leading lady of the series, portrayed by Keira Knightley. She appears in The Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man's Chest, and At World's End and briefly in Dead Men Tell No Tales. She is the daughter of Governor Weatherby Swann. In the third film, she marries Will Turner.