Teriitapunui Pōmare

Teriʻitapunui Pōmare
Teriʻitapunui Pōmare
Prince royale de Tahiti
Born	Punuariʻi Teriʻitapunui Pōmare; March 20, 1846; Raiatea
Died	September 17, 1888 (aged 42); Papeete
Spouse	Princess Teriʻinavahoroʻa
Issue	Princess Teriʻinavahoroʻa Pōmare; Princess Tuaraenuiatera Pōmare
House	Pōmare
Father	Ariʻifaʻaite a Hiro
Mother	Pōmare IV

Punuariʻi Teriʻitapunui Pōmare, commonly called Teriʻitapunui (born March 20, 1846 – died in September 17, 1888) was a member of the Pōmare family, a royal dynasty in Tahiti. His first two names translate into Tahitian as "Small-trumpet-above-Prince-of-many-sacrifices."^[1]

Biography

He was the fifth son of Pōmare IV, queen of Tahiti, and of her second husband (also first cousin), the prince consort Ariʻifaite a Hiro, a chief from Huahine.

At birth, he was given the title of ariʻirahi (chief) of the district of Afaʻahiti, in Tahiti. Other source state he was given the district of Mahina.^[2]

In June 1862, he married the Princess Teriʻinavahoroʻa, from the princely family of Maʻi from Bora-Bora. From this union were born three daughters who both died without issue :

Princess Teriʻinavahoroʻa Pōmare: born April 15, 1873, died April 12, 1874.
Princess Tuaraenuiatera Pōmare: born April 13, 1883, died September 5, 1883.

The couple would also adopt his brother Tamatoa V's fourth daughter, whom they named Teriʻinavahoroʻa (1877-1918). She would marry Opuhara Salmon and later his brother Teuraiterai Mote Salmon, having descendants from both husbands.

He was considered by English visitor Constance Gordon-Cumming to "very good fellow, but sadly lame".^[3]^{: 160, 206} The main official post held by Teriʻitapunui was that of President of the Tahitian High Court, called Toʻohitu, which had indigenous jurisdiction over property matters. When his brother, King Pōmare V, decided to hand over the kingdom to France, he was among the notables who, June 29, 1880, countersigned the deed of assignment from Tahiti to France.

Ancestry

Ta'aroa Manahune

Tetuaehuri i Taiarapu

Teu
Ariʻi of Pare-Arue
Ariʻi of the Porionuʻu

Tetupaia i Hauiri
of the Tamatoa
Dynasty of Raiatea

Teihotu i Ahurai
Ari'i of Moʻorea,
Brother of Purea

Terereatua (Auo)

Metua'aro (Mahau)
Ariʻi of Mo'orea and Vaiari

Itia

Pōmare I
King of Tahiti and Moʻorea

Paiti
Ariʻi of Hapaiano

Tetuanui Tarovahine
Wife of Pōmare II

Teri'itaria Ari'ipaea
Queen of Huahine and Maʻiao

Pōmare II
King of Tahiti and Moʻorea

Teri'ito'oterai Teremoemoe

Teri'inavahoroa Vahine

Teri'inavahoroa Tane,
Vehiatua
Ariʻi of Taiarapu

Terano Vahine

Pōmare III
King of Tahiti and Moʻorea

Teinaiti

Ari'ifa'aite

Pōmare IV
Queen of Tahiti and Moʻorea

Tapoa II
King of Bora Bora
of the Tapoa
Dynasty of Bora Bora

Teuhe
Queen of Huahine
of the Teurura'i
Dynasty of Huahine

Pōmare V
King of Tahiti and Moʻorea

Marau

Ari'iaue

Teri'itua Tuavira
"Prince Joinville"
Ariʻi of Hitiaʻa

Isabelle Vahinetua Shaw

Tamatoa V
King of Raiatea and Tahaʻa

Moe a Mai

Teri'imaevarua II
Queen of Bora Bora

Temauiari'i a Mai

Teri'itapunui Punuari'i
Ariʻi of Mahina

Teri'inavahoroa a Mai

Teriʻihinoiatua Pōmare
Ariʻi of Hitiaʻa

Teri'imaevarua III
Queen of Bora Bora

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.
Orsmond, John Muggridge; Smith, S. Percy (March 1893). "The Genealogy of the Pomare Family of Tahiti, from the Papers of the Rev. J. M. Orsmond. With Notes Thereon by S. Percy Smith". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 2 (1). Wellington: The Polynesian Society: 25–43. JSTOR 20701269. OCLC 5544732839.
Pomare, Tamatoa Brander; Pomare, Pomateao Salmon (15 August 1938). "The Pomares of Tahiti – Letter to the Editor". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. IX, no. 1. Sydney: Pacific Publications. p. 34. OCLC 780465500.
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.

Ancestors of Teriitapunui Pōmare

4. Ariʻipeu-a-Hiro

2. Ariʻifaʻaite

10. Tamatoa IV (= 14)

5. Teihotu Taʻavea

11. Tu-ra’i-ariʻi E-he-vahine (= 15)

1. Teriʻitapunui Pōmare

12. Pōmare I

6. Pōmare II

13. Tetua-nui-reia-i-te-raʻi-atea

3. Pōmare IV

14. Tamatoa IV (= 10)

7. Teri’to’-o-terai Tere-moe-moe

15. Tu-ra’i-ariʻi E-he-vahine (= 11)

References

^ Teuira Henry, John Muggridge Orsmond (1928). Ancient Tahiti. Vol. 48. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. p. 250.
^ Pritchard 1983, p. 226.
^ Gordon-Cumming, Constance (1882). A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-War. William Blackwood and Sons.

Bibliography

Pritchard, George (1983). The Aggressions of the French at Tahiti: And Other Islands in the Pacific. Oxford University Press.

[AncientTahiti-1] Teuira Henry, John Muggridge Orsmond (1928). Ancient Tahiti. Vol. 48. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. p. 250.

[FOOTNOTEPritchard1983226-2] Pritchard 1983, p. 226.

[Constance-3] Gordon-Cumming, Constance (1882). A Lady's Cruise in a French Man-of-War. William Blackwood and Sons.

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