Ari'imate

King Ari'imate Teurura'i (1824 – 14 April 1874) was a member and founder of a Polynesian royal family (House of Teurura'i) which reigned on the Tahitian island of Huahine and Mai'ao during the 19th century. In Tahitian, his name translates as "sovereign-demised" and "the-sky-forest" respectively.

Ari'imate
King of Huahine and Maia'o
Reign	05 January 1852 – 07 July 1868
Predecessor	Teriitaria II
Successor	Queen Teha'apapa II
Born	1824 Tefarerii, Huahine
Died	(1874-04-14)14 April 1874 (aged 49-50) Tefarerii, Huahine
Burial	Tefarerii, Huahine
Spouse	Tehaapapa II
Issue	Teuhe Princess Tapiria Marama Teururai Princess Vairaatoa King Tamatoa VI Prince Teriiteporouarai Prince Fatino Princess Turaiarii Princess Teriinavahoro'a Princess Tefaaora
Names Teurura'i Ari'imate
House	Teururai
Father	The Hon. Chief Taaroaarii of Huahine
Mother	Tematafainuu a Hautia

He was installed as king of Huahine in 1852 until his deposition in 1868.

Family

Ari'imate Teururai was born at Huahine in 1824. He was the second child and only son of Chief Taaroaari'i and Tematafainu'u vahine. He was the paternal grandson of Mahine Tehei'ura Puru, who reigned as King of Huahine from 1800 to 1815 but abdicated in favor of his niece Teri'itaria II instead of his own son. In his early years, he ruled as the chief of Tefareri'i.

Founder of the Teururai dynasty

On the 26 of December 1851, Teriitari'a II was deposed while she was at Tahiti with her adopted son Teratane Teriitaria Pomare. The main dignitaries chose Ariimate to be king. He was installed as king of Huahine and Maia'o on January 5, 1852. He took the reign name of Teururai.

Sixteen years later, on July 7, 1868, he was deposed by the chiefs in favour of his wife.

Huahine family tree
Tamatoa I (or II) Rofa'i Ari'ima'o Tamatoa Dynasty of Raiatea Mau'a Rohianu'u Tehaapapa I Queen of Huahine Mato Tetuaveroa Teriitaria I King of Huahine Tenani'a King of Huahine Pōmare Dynasty of Tahiti Tamatoa III, King of Raiatea Tura'iari'i Ehevahine Mahine Tehei'ura King of Raiatea Tao'a Pōmare II King of Tahiti Teriʻitoʻoterai Teremoemoe Teriitaria II Queen of Huahine Moeore, Tamatoa IV King of Raiatea Ta'aroari'i Tematafainuu Pōmare IV Queen of Tahiti Pōmare III King of Tahiti Tehaapapa II Queen of Huahine Ariimate Teururai King of Huahine Ma'ihara Temari'i Tamatoa V King of Raiatea Pōmare V King of Tahiti Teuhe Queen of Huahine Tetuamarama Marama Teururai Prince-Regent of Huahine Tamatoa VI King of Raiatea Teriitevaearai a Mai from the Mai family of Bora Bora Tehaapapa III Queen of Huahine
Notes: Descending dotted lines denote adoptions. References Henry, Teuira; Orsmond, John Muggridge (1928). Ancient Tahiti. Vol. 48. Honolulu: Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. pp. 247–272. OCLC 3049679. Newbury, Colin W.; Darling, Adam J. (December 1967). "Te Hau Pahu Rahi: Pomare II and the Concept of Interisland Government in Eastern Polynesia". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 76 (4). Wellington: The Polynesian Society: 477–514. JSTOR 20704508. OCLC 6015244633. Teissier, Raoul (1978). "Chefs et notables des Établissements Français de l'Océanie au temps du protectorat: 1842–1850". Bulletin de la Société des Études Océaniennes, Issue 202. Papeete: Société des Études Océaniennes. OCLC 9510786.

Marriage and children

His second daughter Princess Tapiria Teururai who married Ari'ipeu a Hiro

He married in 1840 Princess Maerehia a Tamatoa, heiress presumptive to her father King Tamatoa IV of Ra'iatea and Taha'a, and had twelve children:

• Princess Temari'i a Teururai (1848–1891), Queen of Huahine.
• Princess Tapiria a Teururai (1850–1888).
• Crown Prince Marama a Teururai (1851–1909), Head of the royal family of Huahine and father of Teha'apapa III.
• Princess Vaira'atoa a Teururai, she had issue.
• Prince Ioata,Ari'imate,Teururai a Teururai (1853–1905), or Tamatoa VI, last king of Rai'atea and Tahaa.He had five children.
• Prince Teri'iteporouara'i a Teururai (1857–1899), his family established in Tahiti.
• Prince Fatino,Maraeta'ata a Teururai (1859–1884), he had eight children.
• Princess Turaiari'i,Haamairia a Teururai (1862–?), she had two children through an irregular union.
• Princess Teri'inavahoro'a Teururai (1863–1918), she had eleven children.
• Princess Tefa'aora vahine a Teururai (1868–1928), she had two daughters.

Their children remain member to the royal family of the former kingdom of Huahine-Maia'o and Raiatea-Taha'a since the end of the monarchy.

Ari'imate died at Huahine on 14 April 1874.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ari'imate

16. The Hon. Chief Mau'a of Huahine 8. The Hon. Chief Mato of Ra'iatea 17. The Hon. Chiefess Tetuanuimarama of Huahine 4. The Hon. Chief Mahine Teheiura Puru of Huahine 18. The Hon. Chief Mo'ohono of Huahine 9. The Hon. Chiefess Tetuaveroa of Huahine 2. The Hon. Chief Taaroaari'i of Huahine 10. The Hon. Chief of Fareihi 5. The Hon. Chiefess Tao'a of Fareihi 1. Teurura'i Ari'imate, King of Huahine 6. The Hon. Chief Hautia of Huahine 3. Tematafainu'u vahine 7. Taura'a

See also

• List of monarchs of Huahine
• List of monarchs of Tahiti
• List of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 19th century (Rai'atea)

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 & Co Editeurs, 342p., Eugène HANNI.
• Tahiti aux temps anciens (traduction française de Bertrand Jaunez, Pars, Musée de l'Homme, Société des Océanistes, 671p. (édition originale Ancient Tahiti, Honolulu 1928) de Teuira Henry.
• Huahine aux temps anciens, Cahiers du Patrimoine [Savoirs et traditions] et Tradition orale, B.SAURA, édition 2006.
• Chefs et notables au temps du protectorat: 1842–1880, Société des Etudes Océaniennes, Raoul TEISSIER, réédition de 1996.

External links

• Genealogy