Teriimaevarua III
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Teriʻimaevarua III | |||||
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Queen of Bora Bora | |||||
Reign | 12 February 1873 – 21 September 1895 | ||||
Predecessor | Teriimaevarua II | ||||
Successor | French Third Republic | ||||
Born | Raʻiātea | 28 May 1871||||
Died | 19 November 1932 Papeete, Tahiti | (aged 61)||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | Rehurehu Tuheiava (adoptive) Itia Tuheiava (adoptive) | ||||
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House | House of Pōmare | ||||
Father | Tamatoa V | ||||
Mother | Moe a Maʻi |
Ari'i-ʻOtare Teriʻi-maeva-rua III Pomare (28 May 1871 – 19 November 1932) was the last Queen of the Tahitian island of Bora Bora from 1873 to 1895.[1]
The second daughter of Prince Tamatoa-a-tu (Tamatoa V), King of Raʻiātea and Tahaʻa and Princess Moe-a-Mai, Ariʻi-ʻOtare became the Queen of Bora Bora on the death of her aunt Princess , Queen of Bora Bora. She married Prince , chief of Hitia'a in Bora Bora on 9 January 1884 and was divorced in 1887. Ari'i-'Otare produced no children of her own, so adopted her two younger step daughters; Princess and Princess .[citation needed]
Bora Bora was annexed by the French on 19 March 1888, but royal power remained in effect until her abdication on 21 September 1895. She remained the head of the royal house of Bora Bora until her death.[citation needed]
Ancestry[]
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See also[]
- French Polynesia
- Annexation of the Leeward Islands
- List of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 19th century
References[]
- ^ P.Y. Toullelan, Tahiti et ses archipels, Karthala 2000.
- 1871 births
- 1932 deaths
- French Polynesian royalty
- Queens regnant
- 19th-century women rulers
- 19th-century monarchs in Oceania
- People from Bora Bora
- Pōmare dynasty
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