Marama Teururai

Regent Marama
Regent of Huahine
Regent of Huahine
Reign 18 March 1884 – 15 September 1895
Predecessor None
Successor Monarchy abolished in 1895 for French Third Republic
Born (1851-12-17)17 December 1851
Téfareri'i, Huahine
Died 7 June 1909(1909-06-07) (aged 57)
Faré, Huahine
Burial Téfareri'i, Huahiné
Spouse Princess Tétuanuimarama of Rurutu
Issue Queen Teha'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 Ari'imate Teururai of Huahine
Mother Queen Teha'apapa II of Huahine
Marama Teururai (standing right) and his family, c. 1890

Prince Marama Teururai later known as Regent Marama (17 December 1851 7 June 1909) was a member of a Tahitian royal family (House of Teururai) which reigned on the Tahitian island of Huahine during the 19th century.

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

Biography

Prince Marama Teururai was born at Huahine in 1851.

He was the second son of King Ari'imate. His mother, Princess Maerehia Teha'apapa 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.

Regency

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

He accepted the French protectorate on the kingdom in 1890, became regent from 1893 to 1895 to his eldest daughter Queen Teha'apapa, the last sovereign.

He finally signed the annexation of his State in favor of France which annexed his kingdom on 1897.

Marriage and issue

He married Princess Tetuamarama of Rurutu (1857–1919) (eldest daughter of the King Teuruarii III of Rurutu and his wife Tematarurai'i[1]:168) 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.

Ancestry

See also

References

  1. Michel Brun, Edgar Tetahiotupa (2007). Eteroa: mythes, légendes et traditions d'une île polynésienne. Gallimard. ISBN 2070777081.

External links and sources

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