| Queen Teha'apapa | |
|---|---|
| Queen regnant of Huahine | |
|
|
|
| Reign | 26 June 1868 – 28 May 1893 |
| Predecessor | King Ariimate |
| Successor | Queen Tehaapapa III |
|
|
|
| Reign | 1852 - 26 June 1868 |
| Spouse | King Ari'imate |
| Issue | |
| Princess Témarii Princess Tapiria Crown Prince Marama Princess Vairaatoa King Tamatoa VI Prince Tériitéporouarai Prince Fatino Princess Turaiarii Princess Téri'inavahoro'a Princess Téfaaora |
|
| Full name | |
| Princess Té-ri'i-té-po-rou-a-ra'i, Maéréhia of Raiatea and Tahaa | |
| House | House of Teurura'i |
| Father | King Tamatoa of Raiatea and Taha'a |
| Mother | The Hon. Mahuti of Vaiari (in Tahiti) |
| Born | 1824 Opoa, Raiatea |
| Died | May 1893, 28 Faré, Huahine |
| Burial | Maeva, Huahiné |
Maerehia of Raiatea and Tahaa (1824 – 28 May 1893), was a princess of Raiatea and Tahaa from the Tamatoa dynasty family, a Polynesian royal family. She was wife of Ari'imate of Huahine, founder of the Teururai dynasty which reigned on the Tahitian island of Huahiné and Maia'o during the 19th century. She was Queen consort of Huahine and Maia'o and later Queen regnant in her own right.
Se was installed as Queen of Huahine in 1868 until her death in 1893.
Contents |
Born in Raiatea, princess Maerehia was the only surviving daughter of King Tamatoa of Raiatea and Tahaa (1797–1857) and his commoner wife Mahuti of Vaiari. Thus, she belongs to the Tamatoa family, the most powerful royal family of the Society Island. She was the last member of the Tamatoa dynasty.
By her father's elder sister, Queen consort Térémoémoé of Tahiti, she is the only German cousin to Queen Pomare of Tahiti.
In the beginning of the 1850 year, a civil war deposed her father's other elder sister, Queen Teri'itaria II of Huahine. The main dignitaries chose chief Ari'imate to be king and that's why he assumed the sovereignty in 18 March 1852.
He was installed as king of Huahine in 1852. His crowning took place on March 18, 1852. He took the reign name of Ariimate Teururai.
Princess Maerehia became Queen consort to her husband.
Twenty year later, a new civil war deposed her husband in 1868. She succeeded him and took the reign name of Teha'apapa II.
In 1890, she accepted the French protectorate on her kingdom.
She died among her family in 1893. Her grand-daughter succeeded her under the name of Te-ha'apapa III.
She married in 1840 Chief Ari'imate of Té-faré-ri-i, and had twelve children
Their children remain member to the royal family of the former kingdom of Huahine-Maia'o and Raiatea-Tahaa since the end of the monarchy .
Queen Tehaapapa died at Huahine in 28 May 1893.
Raised in 1868 to the kingdom of Huahine and Maia'o
| Ancestors of Tehaapapa II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Tehaapapa II
Born: 1824 Died: 1893 |
||
| Preceded by King Ari'imate |
Queen of Huahine 1868–1893 |
Succeeded by Te-ha'apapa III |