Regent Marama

Regent of Huahine

Regent of Huahine

Reign

18 March 1884 – 15 September 1895

Predecessor

None

Successor

Monarchy abolished in 1895 for French Third Republic

Born

17 December 1851
Téfareri'i, Huahine

Died

7 June 1909 (aged 57)
Faré, Huahine

Burial

Téfareri'i, Huahiné

Spouse

Princess Tétuanuimarama of Rurutu

Issue

Queen Teha'apapa of Huhaine
Princess Teanuinuiata Teururai
Princess Tétuamarama Teururai

Names
Prince Marama Té-u-ru-ra-i of Huahine

House

House of Teurura'i

Father

King Ari'imate Teururai of Huahine

Mother

Queen Teha'apapa II of Huahine

Prince Marama Teururai later known as Regent Marama (17 December 1851 – 7 June 1909) was a member of a Tahitian royal family (House of Teururai) which reigned on the Tahitian island of Huahine during the 19th century.

He was designated as a crown prince of Huahine when his father became king of Huahine in 1852. He never became king of Huahine.

Biography

Prince Marama Teururai was born at Huahine in 1851.

He was the second son of King Ari'imate. His mother, Princess Maerehia Teha'apapa of Raiatea, was the only living child of King Tamatoa IV of Raiatea. She became Queen regnant of Huahine under the reign name of Teha'apapa II after her husband was deposed in 1868.

Regency

He succeeded his younger brother as prime minister to their mother Queen Teha'apapa in 1884. He acted also as Regent from 1884 to 1895.

He accepted the French protectorate on the kingdom in 1890, became regent from 1893 to 1895 to his eldest daughter Queen Teha'apapa, the last sovereign.

He finally signed the annexation of his State in favor of France which annexed his kingdom on 1897.

Marriage and issue

He married Princess Tetuamarama of Rurutu (1857–1919) (eldest daughter of the King Teuruarii III of Rurutu and his wife Tematarurai'i^[1]^: 168) and had eight children but only three of them let a descendant:

Tehaapapa III – Last Queen of Huahine
Her Highness Princess Teanuinuiata – she had ten legitimate children
Her Highness Princess Tetuamarama – she had six legitimate children

Their children remain the pretendant to the royal family of Huahine since the end of the monarchy on this island.

Regent Marama died at Huahine in 1909.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Marama Teururai

16. The Hon. Chief Mato Teri'i-te Po Are'i of Ra'iatea and Huahine

8. The Hon. Chief Mahine Te-hei-'ura of Huahine

17. The Hon. Chiefess Te-tu-ave-roa of Huahine

4. The Hon. Chief Ta'aroa-ri'i of Huahine

18. The Hon. Chief of Fareihi

9. The Hon. Chiefess Tao'a of Fareihi

2. King Ari'imate of Huahine

10. Me-hao

5. Té-mata-fainu'u vahine

11. Taura'a

1. Marama, Regent of Huahine

24. King Tamatoa III of Ra'iatea and Taha'a

12. Prince Vetea-ra'i U'uru of Ra'iatea, The Hon. Chief of Opoa

25. The Hon. Chiefess Hapaitaha'a of Hauiri

6. King Tamatoa IV of Rai'atea and Taha'a

26. The Hon. Chief Uruatu of Bora Bora

13. The Hon. Chiefess Opai-pai Te-roro of Bora Bora

27. The Hon. Chiefess Teri'i Iti

3. Princess Maerehia of Rai'atea and Taha'a

14. The Hon. Chief of Vaiari

7. The Hon. Mahuti of Vaiari

Biography

Regency

Marriage and issue

Ancestry

See also

References

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