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Teha'apapa II
Queen regnant of Huahine
Tehaapapa II, late 19th century.jpg
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 May 28, 1893(1893-05-28) (aged 68-69)
Faré, Huahine
Burial Maeva
Spouse King Ari'imate
Issue Teuhe
Princess Tapiria
Marama Teururai
Princess Vaira'atoa
Tamatoa VI
Prince Téri'itéporouarai
Prince Fatino
Princess Turaiari'i
Princess Téri'inavahoro'a
Princess Téfa'aora
Full name
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 Ra'iatea and Taha'a (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 Huahine 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 Teha'apapa 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 (Mary) 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 Teha'apapa 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 Ra'iatea-Taha'a since the end of the monarchy.

Family

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. 48. Honolulu: Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. pp. 247–272. OCLC 3049679. https://books.google.com/books?id=adorAAAAMAAJ.
  • 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 (Wellington: The Polynesian Society) 76 (4): 477-514. OCLC 6015244633. http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_76_1967/Volume_76%2C_No._4/Te_Hau_Pahu_Rahi%2C_by_Colin_Newbury%2C_p_477_-_514/p1.
  • 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. http://bibnum.upf.pf/items/show/758.
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