Teriitapunui Pōmare

Teriʻitapunui Pōmare
Born	March 20, 1846 Raiatea
Died	September 17, 1888 (aged 42) Papeete
Spouse	Princess Teriʻinavahoroʻa
Issue	Princess Teriʻinavahoroʻa Pōmare Princess Tuaraenuiatera Pōmare
House	House of Pōmare
Father	Ariʻifaʻaite a Hiro
Mother	Pōmare 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

Ancestors of Teriitapunui Pōmare

4. Ariʻipeu-a-Hiro                             2. Ariʻifaʻaite                                   20. Vetea-raʻi Uʻuru (= 28)               10. Tamatoa IV (= 14)                       21. Opai-pai Te-roro (= 29)               5. Teihotu Taʻavea                             22. Mato Teri’i Tepoara’i (= 30)               11. Tu-ra’i-ariʻi E-he-vahine (= 15)                       23. Te-ha’apapa I (= 31)               1. Teriʻitapunui Pōmare                                         24. Teu Tunuieaite Atua               12. Pōmare I                       25. Tetupaia-i-Hauiri               6. Pōmare II                             26. Teihotu-i-Ahura’i               13. Tetua-nui-reia-i-te-raʻi-atea                       27. Vave’a Tetua-nui-rei-a-ite Ra’iatea               3. Pōmare IV                                   28. Vetea-raʻi Uʻuru (= 20)               14. Tamatoa IV (= 10)                       29. Opai-pai Te-roro (= 21)               7. Teri’to’-o-terai Tere-moe-moe                             30. Mato Teri’i Tepoara’i (= 22)               15. Tu-ra’i-ariʻi E-he-vahine (= 11)                       31. Te-ha’apapa I (= 23)

See also

• List of monarchs of Tahiti
• French Polynesia

References

1. Teuira Henry, John Muggridge Orsmond (1928). Ancient Tahiti. 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.