Teriitaria II

Teri’itari’a II
Queen regnant of Huahine and Mai’ao Queen and Regent of Tahiti
Painting by Ambroise Tardieu, c. 1826
Reign	1815–1852
Predecessor	Mahine Tehei'ura
Successor	Ari’imate
Born	c. 1790 Raiatea
Died	1858 (aged 67–68) Papeete, Tahiti
Spouse	Pōmare II Ari’ipaea
House	House of Tamatoa House of Pōmare
Father	Tamatoa III
Mother	Tura’iari’i Ehevahine

Teri'itaria II, alson known as Pōmare Vahine or Ari'ipaea Vahine (1790–1858) was a Queen of Tahiti as wife of Pōmare II. She also served as regent to his successor Pōmare III and ruled the island kingdom of Huahine in her own right until 1852.

Biography

Birth and family

Teri'itaria was born around 1790.

Her father was Tamatoa III, King of Raiatea, while her mother was Queen Tura’iari’i Ehevahine, Princess of Huahine.^[1]

She was a granddaughter of queen Tehaʻapapa I. She was named after her uncle, king Teriʻitaria I.^[2][3][4]

Marriages

She and her younger sister Teriʻitoʻoterai Tere-moe-moe married King Pōmare II of Tahiti, their second cousin.^[5] Later she married Ari'ipaea.

Ruler of Huahine

In 1815 she became a Queen of Huahine.^[6][7][8]:6

She was deposed in a civil war and her successor was King Ari'imate.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Teriitaria II

16. Teri’i-ve-tearai Rofa’i               8. Tamatoa III                       17. Marama               4. Vetea-raʻi Uʻuru                             9. Hapai-taha                       2. Tamatoa IV                                   5. Opai-pai Te-roro                             1. Teriʻitaria II                                         12. Mau’a                       6. Mato Teri’i Tepoara’i                             13. Te-atua-nui-marama                       3. Tu-ra’i-ariʻi E-he-vahine                                   14. Teri’i-tari’a Te-ha’apapa                       7. Te-ha’apapa I                             15. Teri’i-ohua-e-te-anuanua-i-te-tuahu

See also

• Pōmare IV, stepdaughter of Teri'itaria
• List of monarchs of Huahine

References

1. Genealogy
2. Henry Soszynski. "HM Queen Teri'itaria II Ari'ipaia". web page on "Rootsweb". Retrieved 2012-01-16.
3. Family Search Community Trees. "Teriitaria or Ariipaea-vahine, queen". Retrieved 2012-01-16.
4. Christopher Buyers Page 2. "Raiatea: The Ari'i-Maro-'Ura Dynasty Genealogy". Royal Ark web site. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
5. Christopher Buyers Page 3. "Tahiti: The Pomare Dynasty Genealogy". Royal Ark web site. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
6. William Ellis, Jolibois, Société de Géographie de Lyon (1833). Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands (2 ed.). Fischer son and Jackson. pp. 143–144.
7. Christopher Buyers. "Huahine: The Ari'i-Maro-'Ura Dynasty Genealogy". Royal Ark web site. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
8. HUAHINE Par Jean-Francois BARE. Nouvelles Editions Latines.