Tamatoa III (c. 1757 – 1831) was the
King
King is the title given to a male monarch in a variety of contexts. The female equivalent is queen, which title is also given to the consort of a king.
*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 1820 to 1831.
His father was U'uru, or Vetea-ra'i-'u'uru, who was the son of Tamatoa II by his third wife. His father was the ari'i maro 'ura, high chief, at 'Opoa on Raiatea, during
Captain James Cook's visit in 1773.
Family
References
French Polynesian royalty
Raiatea
19th-century monarchs in Oceania
People from Raiatea
1831 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Converts to Protestantism from pagan religions
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