Tamatoa VI

King of Raiatea and Tahaa

King of Ra'iatea and Taha'a

Reign

25 January 1885 – 18 March 1888

Coronation

22 January 1885

Predecessor

Tehauroa

Successor

Monarchy abolished in 1888 for French Third Republic

Born

1853
Téfareri'i, Huahine

Died

September 15, 1905
(aged 51-52)
Téfareri'i, Huahine

Burial

Téfareri'i, Huahine

Spouse

The Hon. Chiefess Tétuanuimarama Tati

Issue

Hereditary Prince Tamatoa of Ra'iatea
Prince Opuhara Teururai
Princess Tévahiné Teururai
Prince Mahiné Teururai
Princess Téri'imanaiterai Teururai

Full name
Prince Ari'i-ma-té Té-u-ru-ra-i of Huahine

House

House of Teurura'i

Father

King Ariimate Teururai of Huahine

Mother

Queen Teha'apapa II of Huahine

Prince Ari'imate Teururai later known as King Tamatoa VI (1853 – 15 September 1905), was a member of a Tahitian royal family, the House of Teururai which reigned on the Tahitian island of Huahiné and Maia'o during the 19th century.

He was installed as king of Ra'iatea and Taha'a in 1884, but was deposed in 1888.

Biography

Prince Ariimate Teururai was born at Huahine in 1853. He was the last King of Ra'iatea and Taha'a. He was the second son of King Ari'imate of Huahine. His mother, Princess Maerehia Tehaapapa of Raiatea, was the only living child of King Tamatoa IV of Ra'iatea. She became Queen regnant of Huahine under the regnal name of Tehaʻapapa II after her husband was deposed in 1868.

Heir to the Raiatea and Tahaa kingdom

He was installed as king of Ra'iatea and Taha'a in 1884. His coronation took place on January 22, 1885. He took the regnal name Tamatoa VI.

His reign ended when the French annexed the two islands of Ra'iatea and Taha'a on March 16, 1888.

After his abdication, he returned to his natal island where he was later proclaimed chief of Tefareriʻi in Huahine island on 1895, the same year that his niece Queen Tehaʻapapa III was deposed.

Marriage and children

The Royal Family at Avera

He married Tetua-nui Ha'amarurai a Tati (daughter of Tamatoa Atiti-Oroi, of the Tati family of Papara) and had three sons and three daughters:

Crown Prince Tamatoa of Raiatea and Taha'a.
Prince Opuhara Pehupehu Teururai.
Princess Tevahineha'amo'eatua Teururai.
Princess Teri'imanaiterai Teururai.
Prince Mahine Ta'aroari'i Teururai.
Prince Tefauvero Teururai.

Their children remain the pretenders to the royal family of Raiatea and Taha'a since the end of the monarchy on this island.

He died at Huahine in 1905.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

1853 - 14 April 1874 His Highness Prince Ari'imate.
14 April 1874 - 1881 His Highness Prince Ari'imate, Minister of Huahine and Maia'o.
1881 - 22 January 1885 His Highness The Crown Prince of Raiatea and Taha'a.
22 January 1885 - 18 March 1888 His Majesty The King of Raiatea and Taha'a.
18 March 1888 - 15 September 1905 His Majesty King Ari'imate Tamatoa VI Teururai.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Tamatoa VI

16. The Hon. Chief Mato Teri'i-te Po Are'i of Ra'iatea and Huahine

8. The Hon. Chief Mahine Te-hei-'ura of Huahine

17. The Hon. Chiefess Te-tu-ave-roa of Huahine

4. The Hon. Chief Ta'aroa-ri'i of Huahine

18. The Hon. Chief of Fareihi

9. The Hon. Chiefess Tao'a of Fareihi

2. King Ari'imate of Huahine

10. Me-hao

5. Té-mata-fainu'u vahine

11. Taura'a

1. King Tamatoa VI of Rai'atea and Taha'a

24. King Tamatoa III of Ra'iatea and Taha'a

12. Prince Vetea-ra'i U'uru of Ra'iatea, The Hon. Chief of Opoa

25. The Hon. Chiefess Hapaitaha'a of Hauiri

6. King Tamatoa IV of Rai'atea and Taha'a

13. The Hon. Chiefess Opai-pai Te-roro of Bora Bora

3. Princess Maerehia of Rai'atea and Taha'a

14. The Hon. Chief of Vaiari

7. The Hon. Chiefess Mahuti of Vaiari

External links

Royal Ark

Regnal titles
Preceded by Tehauroa	King of Raiatea 1885–1888	Succeeded by French Third Republic

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