Tehaapapa II

Teha'apapa II
Queen regnant of Huahine
Queen of Huahine and Maia'o
Reign 26 June 1868 – 28 May 1893
Predecessor Ari'imate
Successor Tehaapapa III
Reign 1852 - 26 June 1868
Born 1824
Opoa, Raiatea
Died May 28, 1893(1893-05-28) (aged 68-69)
Faré, Huahine
Burial Maeva
Spouse King Ari'imate
Issue Teuhe
Princess Tapiria
Marama Teururai
Princess Vairaatoa
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 Rai'atea and Taha'a
House House of Teururai
Father Tamatoa IV of Ra'iatea and Taha'a
Mother Mahuti of Vaiari
(in Tahiti)

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 of Huahine and Maia'o and later Queen regnant in her own right. Comteporary sources seems to call her Tehaapapa I instead, disregarding the ruling queen by the same name at the time Captain Cook visited the island.

Se was installed as Queen of Huahine in 1868 until her death in 1893.

Background

Born in Raiatea, princess Maerehia was the only surviving daughter of King Tamatoa of Ra'iatea (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.[1]

By her father's elder sister, Queen consort Tere-moe-moe of Tahiti, she is the only first cousin to Queen Pomare of Tahiti.

Queen consort

In the beginning of the 1850 year, a civil war deposed her father's other elder sister, Teri'itaria II. The main dignitaries chose chief Ari'imate to be king and that's why he assumed the sovereignty on 18 March 1852.

He was installed as king of Huahine in 1852. His crowning took place on March 18, 1852.

Princess Maerehia became Queen consort to her husband.

Queen regnant

Twenty year later, a new civil war deposed her husband in 1868.[2] 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 granddaughter succeeded her under the name of Te-ha'apapa III.

Marriage and issue

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.

Ancestry

Tehaapapa II
Born: 1824 Died: 1893
Preceded by
Ari'imate		 Queen of Huahine
1868–1893 		Succeeded by
Tehaapapa III

Family

See also

References

  1. ↑ Genealogy
  2. ↑ Teuira Henry, John Muggridge Orsmond (1928). Ancient Tahiti. 48. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. p. 258.
  3. ↑ "The Ari'i-Maro-'Ura Dynasty Genealogy". The Royal Ark. The Royal Ark. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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