Tamatoa VI

Names
	Prince Ari'i-ma-té Té-u-ru-ra-i of Huahine

Tamatoa VI
Tamatoa VI
King of Raiatea and Tahaa
King of Ra'iatea and Taha'a
Reign	25 January 1885 – 18 March 1888
Coronation	22 January 1885
Predecessor	Tehauroa
Successor	Monarchy abolished in 1888 for French Third Republic; Tuarii (rebel government)
Born	1853; Téfareri'i, Huahine
Died	September 15, 1905 ; (aged 51-52); Téfareri'i, Huahine
Burial	Téfareri'i, Huahine
Spouse	The Hon. Chiefess Tétuanuimarama Tati
Issue	Hereditary Prince Tamatoa of Ra'iatea ; Prince Opuhara Teururai ; Princess Tévahiné Teururai ; Prince Mahiné Teururai ; Princess Téri'imanaiterai Teururai
Names
Names
	Prince Ari'i-ma-té Té-u-ru-ra-i of Huahine
House	House of Teurura'i
Father	King Ariimate Teururai of Huahine
Mother	Queen Teha'apapa II of Huahine

Prince Ari'imate Teururai later known as King Tamatoa VI (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[]

Prince Ariimate Teururai was born at Huahine in 1853. He was the last King of Ra'iatea and Taha'a. He was the second son of King Ari'imate of Huahine. His mother, Princess Maerehia Tehaapapa of Raiatea, was the only living child of King Tamatoa IV of Ra'iatea. She became Queen regnant of Huahine under the regnal name of Tehaʻapapa II after her husband was deposed in 1868.

Heir to the Raiatea and Tahaa kingdom[]

He was installed as king of Ra'iatea and Taha'a in 1884. His coronation took place on January 22, 1885. He took the regnal name Tamatoa VI.

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 in Huahine island on 1895, the same year that his niece Queen Tehaʻapapa III was deposed.

Marriage and children[]

He married (daughter of Tamatoa Atiti-Oroi, of the Tati family of Papara) and had three sons and three daughters:

Crown Prince Tamatoa of Raiatea and Taha'a.
Prince Opuhara Pehupehu Teururai.
Princess Tevahineha'amo'eatua Teururai.
Princess Teri'imanaiterai Teururai.
Prince Mahine Ta'aroari'i 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

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 not consider Tamatoa IV.^[1]

References

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Henry, Teuira; Orsmond, John Muggridge (1928). Ancient Tahiti. Vol. 48. Honolulu: Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. pp. 247–272. OCLC 3049679.
Newbury, Colin W.; Darling, Adam J. (December 1967). "Te Hau Pahu Rahi: Pomare II and the Concept of Interisland Government in Eastern Polynesia". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. Wellington: The Polynesian Society. 76 (4): 477–514. JSTOR 20704508. OCLC 6015244633.
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. Wellington: The Polynesian Society. 2 (1): 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 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. King Tamatoa VI of Rai'atea and Taha'a

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

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

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

14. The Hon. Chief of Vaiari

7. The Hon. Chiefess Mahuti of Vaiari

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Regnal titles
Preceded by Tehauroa	King of Raiatea 1885–1888	Succeeded by French Third Republic Tuarii (rebel government)

^ Henry & Orsmond 1928, p. 248.

[FOOTNOTEHenryOrsmond1928248-1] Henry & Orsmond 1928, p. 248.

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