Paid off by Queen Anne, obviously

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>>17435499
He married the Princess of Nassau (the fleeing English princess at the time) which is why he was successful.
Disneys Cpt. Jack Sparrow is the tale of his drunkard son who tried to walk in his fathers footsteps in order to relive the life of his mother that he never got to meet.
The "Elizabeth" of the franchises ending was in real history his own estranged sister in whom he learned to see the image of his own mother,- fixing his alcoholism and depression.
Queen Elizabeth II's matrilineal line can be traced all the way back to a family in Blackbeard-Era southeast coast americas, implying that she does in fact descend from the fleeing british princess of Nassau whom married blackbeard.
so "Jack Sparrow" could technically be a family bedside story about their long estranged uncle that happened to be a pirate/Privateer.
And as far as Disney lore goes, one could easily postulate that Jack Sparrow, Milo James Thatch and James Pleiades Hawkins are part of the same patrilineal pirates.
Blackbeards real surname was also "Thatch".

>>17435499
He was based