Te-mari'i-a-Teurura'i Ma'i-hara Te-uhe (1840 – 21 August 1891) was a
Polynesia
Polynesia () "many" and νῆσος () "island"), to, Polinisia; mi, Porinihia; haw, Polenekia; fj, Polinisia; sm, Polenisia; rar, Porinetia; ty, Pōrīnetia; tvl, Polenisia; tkl, Polenihia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of ...
n queen who reigned the kingdom of
Huahine in 18 March 1888 – 22 July 1890 under the reign name Teuhe; her name had also been given as Teuhe II. She belongs to the Teururai family of Huahine.
Family
She was born at Huahine, ca. 1840. She was the eldest daughter of Queen
Tehaapapa 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 reigne ...
and
King Arii-mate of Huahine.
She was proclaimed as Queen Teuhe during an insurrection against
France on February 22, 1888 and fled to
Tahiti to seek protection under her former husband,
Pomare V, 22 July 1890.
Marriage
She married as his first wife, at Huahine, on 11 November 1857 (div. 5 August 1861),
Pōmare V
Pōmare V (3 November 1839 – 12 June 1891) was the last monarch of Tahiti, reigning from 1877 until his forced abdication in 1880. He was the son of Queen Pōmare IV.
Biography
He was born as Teri'i Tari'a Te-rā-tane and became Heir Appare ...
, King of Tahiti, eldest surviving son of
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 o ...
, Queen of Tahiti, by her second husband. They divorced on 5 August 1861.
She died without issue at Papeete, 21 August 1891.
Ancestry
See also
*
French Polynesia
)Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze")
, anthem =
, song_type = Regional anthem
, song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui"
, image_map = French Polynesia on the globe (French Polynesia centered).svg
, map_alt = Location of Frenc ...
*
Annexation of the Leeward Islands
The annexation of the Leeward Islands (french: Annexion des îles Sous-le-vent, link=no) or the Leewards War (french: Guerre des îles Sous-le-vent, link=no) was a series of diplomatic and armed conflicts between the French Third Republic and t ...
*
List of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 19th century
This is a list of monarchs who were deposed in the 19th century.
A
Afghanistan
* Zaman Shah, deposed 1801.
*Mahmud Shah Durrani, deposed 1803, reinstated 1809, redeposed 1818.
* Shoja Shah, deposed 1809, reinstated 1839
*Dost Mohammad Khan, dep ...
References
* ''Tahiti, les temps et les pouvoirs. Pour une anthropologie historique du Tahiti post-européen, Paris, ORSTOM, 543 p., Jean-François BARE.
* ''Trois ans chez les Canaques. Odyssée d'un Neuchâtelois autour du monde. Lausanne, Payot & C° Editeurs, 342p., Eugène HANNI.
* ''Huahine aux temps anciens'', Cahiers du Patrimoine
avoirs et traditionset Tradition orale, B.SAURA, édition 2006.
* ''Chefs et notables au temps du protectorat: 1842 - 1880'', Société des Etudes Océaniennes, Raoul TEISSIER, réédition de 1996.
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1840 births
1891 deaths
Huahine royalty
Queens regnant
19th-century monarchs in Oceania
19th-century women rulers