Ari'i-ʻOtare Teriʻi-maeva-rua III Pomare (28 May 1871 – 19 November 1932) was the last Queen of the Tahitian island of Bora Bora from 1873 to 1895.[1]
| Teriʻimaevarua III | |||||
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| Queen of Bora Bora | |||||
| Reign | 12 February 1873 – 21 September 1895 | ||||
| Predecessor | Teriimaevarua II | ||||
| Successor | French Third Republic | ||||
| Born | 28 May 1871 Raʻiātea | ||||
| Died | 19 November 1932 (aged 61) Papeete, Tahiti | ||||
| Spouse | Hinoi Pōmare | ||||
| Issue | Rehurehu Tuheiava (adoptive) Itia Tuheiava (adoptive) | ||||
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| House | House of Pōmare | ||||
| Father | Tamatoa V | ||||
| Mother | Moe a Maʻi | ||||
The second daughter of Prince Tamatoa-a-tu (Tamatoa V), King of Raʻiātea and Tahaʻa and Princess Moe-a-Mai, Ariʻi-ʻOtare became the Queen of Bora Bora on the death of her aunt Princess Teriimaevarua II, Queen of Bora Bora.[2] She married Prince Teri'i Hinoi-a-tua Pomare, chief of Hitia'a in Bora Bora on 9 January 1884 and was divorced in 1887. Ari'i-'Otare produced no children of her own. She adopted her two younger step daughters; Princess Rehu-rehu Tuheiava and Princess Itia Tuheiava.[citation needed] She also adopted and raised her biological nephew Moeterauri "Bimbo" Tetua who was born on 14 September 1916.
Bora Bora was annexed by the French on 17 April 1888,[3] but royal power remained in effect until 1895, when Teriimaevarua III was replaced by a French vice-resident.[4]: 211 She remained the head of the royal house of Bora Bora until her death.[5]
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ P.Y. Toullelan, Tahiti et ses archipels, Karthala 2000.
- ^ "South Sea Isle Loses Its Queen". Perth Mirror. 4 February 1933. p. 14. Retrieved 21 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "FRENCH ANNEXATION IN THE PACIFIC". Lyttelton Times. 16 May 1888. p. 5. Retrieved 12 August 2023 – via Papers Past.
- ^ Newbury, Colin W. (1980). Tahiti Nui: Change and Survival in French Polynesia, 1767–1945. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. hdl:10125/62908. ISBN 978-0-8248-8032-3. OCLC 1053883377. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Queen Teriimaevarua II. Death In Tahiti". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. III, no. 6. 25 January 1933. p. 20. Retrieved 21 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
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