Tamatoa V
| Tamatoa V | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King of Raiatea and Taha'a | |||||
 King Tamatoa V of Raiatea | |||||
| Reign | 1857-1871 | ||||
| Coronation | 1 December 1860 | ||||
| Predecessor | Tamatoa IV | ||||
| Successor | Tahitoe I | ||||
| Spouse | Moe Ma-hea-nu'u-a-Mai | ||||
| Issue | one son and five daughters | ||||
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| House | Ariifaaite | ||||
| Father | Tamatoa III | ||||
| Mother | Pōmare IV | ||||
| Born |
23 September 1842 Moorea | ||||
| Died |
30 September 1881 (aged 39) Pape'ete | ||||
Tamatoa V, born Tamatoa-a-tu Pōmare, (23 September 1842, Moorea – 30 September 1881, Pape'ete), King of Raiatea and Taha'a, was a son of Queen Pōmare IV of Tahiti.
Adopted by Tamatoa IV King of Raiatea and Tah'aa, he succeeded him on 19 August 1857 and crowned at Opoa by The Rev. Platt, 1 December 1860. Deposed in 1871. He married to Moe Ma-hea-nu'u-a-Mai (Princess Moe-a-Mai) (elder daughter of Te-He-papai Ma-hea-nu'u-a-Mai, of Faaa, Judge of the High Court, Pastor and Mbr. Supreme Council of Churches) and had one son and five daughters. He died at Pape'ete, 30 September 1881. He was succeeded by Tahitoe I, a member of the cadet branch of the Tamatoa Royal Family.
Friedrich Ratzel in The History of Mankind[1] reported that Tamatoa, the chief of Raiatea, was revered as a deity while he was still alive. When George Herbert, 13th Earl of Pembroke visited the islands with Dr. George Henry Kingsley in 1870, he was stricken by his wife's charm and beauty and referred to the king and queen as "Beauty and the Beast."[2]
References
- ↑ Ratzel, Friedrich. The History of Mankind. (London: MacMillan, 1896) Vol 1 Page 302. URL: www.inquirewithin.biz/history/american_pacific/oceania/god-creation.htm accessed 8 February 2011.
- ↑ George Herbert, 13th Earl of Pembroke, George Henry Kingsley (1874). South Sea Bubbles. By the Earl and the Doctor. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz.