Tapoa II (1806–1860) 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 the Tahitian island of
Bora Bora
Bora Bora (French: ''Bora-Bora''; Tahitian: ''Pora Pora'') is an island group in the Leeward Islands. The Leeward Islands comprise the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, which is an overseas collectivity of the French R ...
from 1831 to 1860.
Tapoa II was born in 1806. He was the son of
Tapoa I, King of Tahaʻa and Bora Bora, by his wife, Ai-mata. He married
Pōmare IV
Pōmare IV (28 February 1813 – 17 September 1877), more properly ʻAimata Pōmare IV Vahine-o-Punuateraʻitua (otherwise known as ʻAimata – "eye-eater", after an old custom of the ruler to eat the eye of the defeated foe), was the Queen of ...
in December 1822. This marriage was childless and ended in divorce in 1834.
Later, he married Tapoa Vahine.
Ancestry
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People from Bora Bora
1806 births
1860 deaths
Oceanian monarchs
French Polynesian royalty
Converts to Protestantism from pagan religions
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