Tamatoa VI

King of Raiatea and Tahaa

King of Ra'iatea and Taha'a

Reign

22 January 1885 – 18 March 1888

Coronation

22 January 1885

Predecessor

Tehauroa

Successor

Monarchy abolished in 1888 for French Third Republic
Tuarii (rebel government)

Born

7 June 1853
Tefarerii, Huahine

Died

September 15, 1905
(aged 51-52)
Fare, Huahine

Burial

Fare, Huahine

Spouse

The Hon. Chiefess Tetuanuimarama a Atitioroi

Issue

Hereditary Prince Tamatoa Teururai
Prince Opuhara Pehupehu Teururai
Princess Tevahinehaamoetua Teururai
Prince Mahinetaaroaarii Tevaearai Teururai
Princess Teriivanaaiterai Teururai

Names
Prince Ioata, Ariimate, Teururai of Huahine

House

House of Teurura'i

Father

King Teururai, Ariimate of Huahine

Mother

Queen Tehaapapa II of Huahine

Prince Ariimate Teururai, later known as King Tamatoa VI (7 June 1853 – 15 September 1905), was a member of a Tahitian royal family, the House of Teururai which reigned on the Tahitian island of Huahiné and Maia'o during the 19th century.

He was installed as king of Ra'iatea and Taha'a in 1884, but was deposed in 1888.

Biography

Tamatoa VI was born as Ioata Ariimate Teururai a Teururai and died as Teururai Teuhe a Teururai. He was the last King of Ra'iatea and Taha'a. He was the second son of King Teururai, Ariimate of Huahine. His mother, Princess Tehaapapa Maerehia of Raiatea, was the only living child of King Tamatoa IV of Raiatea. She became Queen regnant of Huahine under the regnal name of Tehaʻapapa II in july 8th 1868 after her husband was deposed by the chiefs in the night of july 7th 1868.^[1]

Heir to the Raiatea and Tahaa kingdom

He was installed as king of Raiatea and Tahaa in 1884. His coronation took place on January 22, 1885. He took the regnal name Tamatoa VI.^[2]

His reign ended when the French annexed the two islands of Ra'iatea and Taha'a on March 16, 1888.

After his abdication, he returned to his natal island where he was later proclaimed chief of the ditrict of Tefareriʻi in the name of Ioata, the same year that his niece Queen Tehaʻapapa III abdicated.

Marriage and children

He married Tetuanuimarama a Atitioroi (daughter of Atitioroi a Ori, of the Tati family of Papara) and had three sons and three daughters:

Crown Prince Tamatoa Teururai of Raiatea and Taha'a.
Prince Opuhara Pehupehu Teururai.
Princess Tevahinehaamoetua Teururai.
Princess Teriivanaaiterai Teururai.
Prince Mahinetaaroaarii Tevaearai Teururai.
Prince Tefauvero Teururai.

Their children remain the pretenders to the royal family of Raiatea and Taha'a since the end of the monarchy on this island.

He died at Huahine in 1905.

Ancestry

Tamatoa I (or II)

Bora Bora family

Ari'ima'o

Rofa'i

Puni
Ariʻi Rahi of Bora Bora,
Raiatea and Taha'a

Pōmare Dynasty
of Tahiti

Mau'a

Tamatoa II (or III)

Teu
Ariʻi of Pare-Arue
Ariʻi of the Porionuʻu

Tetupaia i Hauiri

Mato

Vete'ara'i 'U'uru
Ariʻi of Opoa

Pōmare I
King of Tahiti

Tura'iari'i Ehevahine

Tamatoa III (or IV)
Ari'i Rahi of Raiatea

Hihipa Tahitoe

Tapoa I
Ariʻi Rahi of Bora Bora,
Raiatea and Taha'a

Pōmare II
King of Tahiti

Teriʻitoʻoterai
Teremoemoe

Teriitaria II
Queen of Huahine

Teihotu Ta'avea

Moeore,
Tamatoa IV
King of Raiatea

Tahitoe
King of Raiatea

Tapoa II
King of Bora Bora and Taha'a

Pōmare IV
Queen of Tahiti

Ari'ifa'aite

Ariimate Teururai
King of Huahine

Tehaapapa II
Queen of Huahine

Tehauroa
Queen of Raiatea

Tuarii
Queen of Raiatea

Pōmare V
King of Tahiti

Teri'imaevarua II
Queen of Bora Bora

Tamatoa V
King of Raiatea

Moe a Ma'i

Tamatoa VI
King of Raiatea

Princess Teriiourumaona
_{Tahitian Heir as Pōmare VI}

Princess Teriivaetua

Teri'imaevarua III
Queen of Bora Bora

Princess Teriinavahoroa

Princess 'Aimata

Prince Tamatoa

Notes:

The numbering of the Tamatoa varies. An ancestor of the Tamatoa line named Fa'aniti is often counted as "Tamatoa I" and Moeore is sometime not considered Tamatoa IV.^[3]

References

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Orsmond, John Muggridge; Smith, S. Percy (March 1893). "The Genealogy of the Pomare Family of Tahiti, from the Papers of the Rev. J. M. Orsmond. With Notes Thereon by S. Percy Smith". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 2 (1). Wellington: The Polynesian Society: 25–43. JSTOR 20701269. OCLC 5544732839.
Teissier, Raoul (1978). "Chefs et notables des Établissements Français de l'Océanie au temps du protectorat: 1842–1850". Bulletin de la Société des Études Océaniennes, Issue 202. Papeete: Société des Études Océaniennes. OCLC 9510786.

Ancestors of Tamatoa VI

16. The Hon. Chief Mato Teriitepoarei of Raiatea and Huahine

8. The Hon. Chief Mahine Puru Teheiura of Huahine

17. The Hon. Chiefess Tetuaveroa of Huahine

4. The Hon. Chief Taaroarii of Huahine

18. The Hon. Chief of Fareihi

9. The Hon. Chiefess Taoa of Fareihi

2. King Teururai Ariimate of Huahine

10. The Hon. Chief Hautia of Huahine

5. Tematafainuu vahine

11. Tauraa

1. King Tamatoa VI of Raiatea and Tahaa

24. Prince Vetearai Uuru of Raiatea, The Hereditary Chief of Opoa who met James Cook

22. King Tamatoa III of Raiatea and Tahaa

25. The Hon. Chiefess Rereao of Borabora

6. King Tamatoa IV of Raiatea and Tahaa

26. The Hon. Chief Mato Teriitepoarei of Raiatea and Huahine

13. The Hon. Chiefess Turaiarii of Huahine

27. The Queen Tehaapapa I of Huahine

3. Princess Maerehia of Raiatea and Tahaa

14. The Hon. Chief of Vaiari

7. The Hon. Chiefess Mahuti of Vaiari

Biography

Heir to the Raiatea and Tahaa kingdom

Marriage and children

Ancestry

See also

References

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