Regent Marama

regent Marama
Regent of Huahine
Head of the royal family of Huahine and Maia'o
Regent of Huahine
Reign 18 March 1884 – 15 september 1895
Predecessor none
Successor Monarchy abolished in 1895 for French Third Republic
Spouse Princess Tétuanuimarama of Rurutu
Issue
QueenTeha'apapa of Huhaine
Princess Teanuinuiata Teururai
Princess Tétuamarama Teururai
Full name
Prince Marama Té-u-ru-ra-i of Huahine
House House of Teurura'i
Father King Ariimate Teururai of Huahine
Mother Queen Tehaapapa II of Huahine
Born 1851
Téfareri'i, Huahine
Died June 1909, 7(07-06-1909)
Faré, Huahine
Burial Téfareri'i, Huahiné

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

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

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Biography

Prince Marama Teururai was born at Huahine in 1851. He was the second son of King Ariimate of Huahine. His mother,Princess Maerehia Tehaapapa 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.

Regent to the kingdom of Huahine

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

He accepted the French protectorate on the kingdom in 1890. He became Regent from 1893 to 1895 to his eldest daughter Queen Teha'apapa of Huahine, the last sovereign. He finally signed the annexation of his State in favor of France which annexed his kingdomon 1897.

Marriage and issue

He married Princess Tetua-marama of Rurutu (1857–1919) (eldest daughter of the king of Rurutu) and had eight children but only three of them let a descendant:

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.

Titles, styles

Monarchy abolished in 1897

Ancestry

See also

List of monarchs of Tahiti

French Polynesia

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