Prince Ariimate Teururai, later known as King Tamatoa VI (7 June 1853 – 15 September 1905), was a member of a Tahitian royal family, the ''
House of Teururai'' which reigned on the Tahitian island of
Huahiné and
Maia'o during the 19th century.
He was installed as king of
Ra'iatea and
Taha'a in 1884, but was deposed in 1888.
Biography
Tamatoa VI was born as Ioata Ariimate Teururai a Teururai and died as Teururai Teuhe a Teururai.
He was the last
King
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of
Ra'iatea and
Taha'a. He was the second son of
King Teururai, Ariimate of Huahine. His mother, Princess Tehaapapa Maerehia of Raiatea, was the only living child of King
Tamatoa IV
Tamatoa IV (1797–1857), also known as Moe'ore Teri'itinorua Teari'inohora'i, was the King of Raiatea, Ra’iātea and Taha'a from 1831 until his death in 1857. He played a significant role in the sociopolitical history of the Leeward Islands duri ...
of Raiatea. She became
Queen regnant
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of Huahine under the
regnal name
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of
Tehaapapa II in july 8th 1868 after her husband was deposed by the chiefs in the night of july 7th 1868.
Heir to the Raiatea and Tahaa kingdom
He was installed as
king
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of Raiatea and Tahaa in 1884. His coronation took place on January 22, 1885. He took the regnal name Tamatoa VI.
His reign ended when the French annexed the two islands of Ra'iatea and Taha'a on March 16, 1888.
After his abdication, he returned to his natal island where he was later proclaimed chief of the district of
Tefarerii in the name of Ioata, the same year that his niece
Queen Tehaapapa III abdicated.
Marriage and children
He married
Tetuanuimarama a Atitioroi (daughter of Atitioroi a Ori, of the Tati family of
Papara) and had three sons and three daughters:
* Crown Prince Tamatoa Teururai of Raiatea and Taha'a.
* Prince Opuhara Pehupehu Teururai.
* Princess Tevahinehaamoetua Teururai.
* Princess Teriivanaaiterai Teururai.
* Prince Mahinetaaroaarii Tevaearai Teururai.
* Prince Tefauvero Teururai.
Their children remain the pretenders to the royal family of Raiatea and Taha'a since the end of the monarchy on this island.
He died at Huahine in 1905.
Ancestry
See also
*
List of monarchs of Tahiti
*
French Polynesia
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*
List of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 19th century
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A
Afghanistan
* Zaman Shah, deposed 1801.
* Mahmud Shah ...
(Rai'atea)
References
External links
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1853 births
1905 deaths
Tahitian monarchs
French Polynesian royalty
19th-century monarchs in Oceania
Huahine royalty
People from Raiatea