Teriitapunui Pōmare

Prince royale de Tahiti
Teriʻitapunui Pōmare
Prince royale de Tahiti
BornPunuariʻi Teriʻitapunui Pōmare
(1846-03-20)March 20, 1846
Raiatea
Died(1888-09-17)September 17, 1888 (aged 42)
Papeete
SpousePrincess Teriʻinavahoroʻa
IssuePrincess Teriʻinavahoroʻa Pōmare
Princess Tuaraenuiatera Pōmare
HousePōmare
FatherAriʻifaʻaite a Hiro
MotherPōmare IV
Princess Teriʻinavahoroʻa.

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

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Pōmare family tree
Ta'aroa ManahuneTetuaehuri 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		ItiaPōmare 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 TeremoemoeTeri'inavahoroa VahineTeri'inavahoroa Tane,
Vehiatua
Ariʻi of Taiarapu		Terano Vahine
Pōmare III
King of Tahiti and Moʻorea		TeinaitiAri'ifa'aitePōmare 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		MarauAri'iaueTeri'itua Tuavira
"Prince Joinville"
Ariʻi of Hitiaʻa		Isabelle Vahinetua ShawTamatoa V
King of Raiatea and Tahaʻa		Moe a MaiTeri'imaevarua II
Queen of Bora Bora		Temauiari'i a MaiTeri'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)

See also

References

  1. ^ Teuira Henry, John Muggridge Orsmond (1928). Ancient Tahiti. Vol. 48. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. p. 250.
  2. ^ Pritchard 1983, p. 226.
  3. ^ 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.