Tehaʻapapa I (c. 1735–1790) (Tehaʻapapa Fatu'araʻi Teri'i-tariʻa Te-i'oa-tua-vahine) was a
Queen regnant of the island of
Huahine.
[Tahiti and French Oceania: A Book of Reliable Information. Samuel Russell · 1935] She was the ruler of that island during the time
Captain Cook visited the island and an
ancestor
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of Queen
Teha'apapa II
Maerehia of Ra'iatea and Taha'a (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 ...
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Biography
She was born in 1735 and became queen in 1760. Her husbands were Chiefs Rohianuʻu and Mato Teriʻi-te Po Areʻi of
Raiatea (both brothers).
She died in 1790 and her successor was her son
Teriʻitaria I. His father was Mato.
She had a daughter Tura'iari'i Ehevahine, who was a queen consort of
Raiatea. Her grandchildren were king
Tamatoa IV
Tamatoa IV, also named Moe'ore Teri'itinorua Teari'inohora'i (1797–1857) was the king of Raiatea
Raiatea or Ra'iatea ( Tahitian: ''Ra‘iātea'') is the second largest of the Society Islands, after Tahiti, in French Polynesia. The island i ...
and queen
Teri'itaria II
Teriitaria II or Teri'itari'a II, later known as Pōmare Vahine and Ari'ipaea Vahine, baptized Taaroamaiturai ( – 1858), became Queen of Tahiti when she married King Pōmare II and later, she ruled as Queen of Huahine and Maiao in the ...
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Family
See also
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Kingdom of Huahine
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List of monarchs of Huahine
References
Huahine royalty
Oceanian monarchs
1735 births
1790 deaths
Queens regnant
18th-century women rulers
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