Tamatoa IV, also named Moe'ore Teri'itinorua Teari'inohora'i (1797–1857) was the
king
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*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
of
Raiatea
Raiatea or Ra'iatea ( Tahitian: ''Ra‘iātea'') is the second largest of the Society Islands, after Tahiti, in French Polynesia. The island is widely regarded as the "centre" of the eastern islands in ancient Polynesia and it is likely that the ...
from 1831 to 1857.
Genealogy
/ref> He was temporarily deposed and exiled from 1853 to 1855 when Raiatea was ruled by a district chief named Temari'i before being restored.
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1797 births
1857 deaths
French Polynesian royalty
Oceanian monarchs
People from Raiatea
Converts to Protestantism from pagan religions
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