Tehaapapa II

Teha'apapa II
Queen regnant of Huahine
Queen of Huahine and Maia'o
Reign	26 June 1868 – 28 May 1893
Predecessor	Ari'imate
Successor	Tehaapapa III
Reign	1852 - 26 June 1868
Born	1824 Opoa, Raiatea
Died	(1893-05-28)May 28, 1893 (aged 68-69) Faré, Huahine
Burial	Maeva
Spouse	King Ari'imate
Issue	Teuhe Princess Tapiria Marama Teururai Princess Vairaatoa Tamatoa VI Prince Tériitéporouarai Prince Fatino Princess Turaiarii Princess Téri'inavahoro'a Princess Téfaaora
Names Princess Té-ri'i-té-po-rou-a-ra'i, Maéréhia of Rai'atea and Taha'a
House	House of Teururai
Father	Tamatoa IV of Ra'iatea and Taha'a
Mother	Mahuti of Vaiari (in Tahiti)

Maerehia of Raiatea and Tahaa (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 on the Tahitian island of Huahiné and Maia'o during the 19th century. She was Queen of Huahine and Maia'o and later Queen regnant in her own right. Comteporary sources seems to call her Tehaapapa I instead, disregarding the ruling queen by the same name at the time Captain Cook visited the island.

Se was installed as Queen of Huahine in 1868 until her death in 1893.

Background

Born in Raiatea, princess Maerehia was the only surviving daughter of King Tamatoa of Ra'iatea (1797–1857) and his commoner wife Mahuti of Vaiari. Thus, she belongs to the Tamatoa family, the most powerful royal family of the Society Island. She was the last member of the Tamatoa dynasty.

By her father's elder sister, Queen consort Tere-moe-moe of Tahiti, she is the only first cousin to Queen Pomare of Tahiti.

Queen consort

In the beginning of the 1850 year, a civil war deposed her father's other elder sister, Teri'itaria II. The main dignitaries chose chief Ari'imate to be king and that's why he assumed the sovereignty on 18 March 1852.

He was installed as king of Huahine in 1852. His crowning took place on March 18, 1852.

Princess Maerehia became Queen consort to her husband.

Queen regnant

Twenty year later, a new civil war deposed her husband in 1868. She succeeded him and took the reign name of Teha'apapa II.

In 1890, she accepted the French protectorate on her kingdom. She died among her family in 1893. Her granddaughter succeeded her under the name of Te-ha'apapa III.

Marriage and issue

She married in 1840 Chief Ari'imate of Té-faré-ri-i, and had twelve children:

• Princess Témari'i Teururai (1848–1891), the future queen of Huahine.
• Princess Tapiria Teururai (1850–1888)
• Crown Prince Marama Teururai (1851–1909), Head of the royal family of Huahine and father of Queen Tehaapapa III of Huahine.
• Princess Vai-ra'a-toa Teururai, she had issue three children's.
• Prince Ari'imate Teururai (1853–1907), or Tamatoa VI, last king of Ra'iatea and Taha'a.
• Prince Téri'i-té-po-rou-ara'i Teururai (1857–1899), His family established in Tahiti.
• Prince Fatino Marae-ta'ata Teururai (1859–1884), He had issue eight children.
• Princess Tu-rai-ari'i Teururai (1862-?), she had issue two children through an irregular union.
• Princess Téri'i-na-va-ho-ro'a Teururai (1863–1918), she had eleven children.
• Princess Té-fa'a-ora Teururai (1868–1928), she had issue two daughters.

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

Ancestry

Ancestors of Tehaapapa II

16. Prince Teriʻi-ve-tearai RofaʻI of Raʻiatea 8. King Tamatoa III of Raʻiatea 17. The Hon. Chiefess Marama of Huahine 4. Prince Vetea-raʻi ʻUʻuru of Raʻiatea, The Hon. Chief of Opoa 18. The Hon. Chief of Hauiri 9. The Hon. Chiefess Hapaitahaʻ of Hauiri 2. King Tamatoa IV of Raʻiatea and Tahaʻa 5. The Hon. Chiefess Opai-pai Te-roro of Bora Bora 1. Teha'apapa II, Queen of Huahine 6. The Hon. Chief of Vaiari 3. The Hon. Chiefess Poatevarua Metua Teariʻinoho Mahuta of Vaiari

Family

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.

See also

• List of monarchs of Tahiti
• French Polynesia
• List of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 19th century

References

• La lignée royale des Tamatoa de Ra'iatea (îles Sous-le-Vent), Papeete, ministère de la Culture, 229 p., B.SAURA.
• Chefs et notables au temps du protectorat: 1842 - 1880, Société des Etudes Océaniennes, Raoul TEISSIER, réédition de 1996.