Teriimaevarua III

Ari'i-ʻOtare Teriʻi-maeva-rua III Pomare (28 May 1871 – 19 November 1932) was the last Queen of the Tahitian island of Bora Bora from 1873 to 1895.

Teriʻimaevarua III
Queen of Bora Bora
Reign	12 February 1873 – 21 September 1895
Predecessor	Teriimaevarua II
Successor	French Third Republic
Born	28 May 1871 Raʻiātea
Died	19 November 1932 (aged 61) Papeete, Tahiti
Spouse	Hinoi Pōmare
Issue	Rehurehu Tuheiava (adoptive) Itia Tuheiava (adoptive)
Full name Ariʻi ʻOtare Teriʻimaevarua III
House	House of Pōmare
Father	Tamatoa V
Mother	Moe a Maʻi

The second daughter of Prince Tamatoa-a-tu (Tamatoa V), King of Raʻiātea and Tahaʻa and Princess Moe-a-Mai, Ariʻi-ʻOtare became the Queen of Bora Bora on the death of her aunt Princess Teari'i-maeva-rua I Pomare, Queen of Bora Bora. She married Prince Teri'i Hinoi-a-tua Pomare, chief of Hitia'a in Bora Bora on 9 January 1884 and was divorced in 1887. Ari'i-'Otare produced no children of her own, so adopted her two younger step daughters; Princess Rehu-rehu Tuheiava and Princess Itia Tuheiava.

Bora Bora was annexed by the French on 19 March 1888, but royal power remained in effect until her abdication on 21 September 1895. She remained the head of the royal house of Bora Bora until her death.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Teriimaevarua III
8. Ariʻipeu-a-Hiro 4. Ariʻifaʻaite 18. Tamatoa IV (= 22) 9. Teihotu Taʻavea 19. Tu-ra’i-ariʻi E-he-vahine (= 23) 2. Tamatoa V 20. Pomare I 10. Pōmare II 21. Tetua-nui-reia-i-te-raʻi-atea 5. Pōmare IV 22. Tamatoa IV (= 18) 11. Teri’to’-o-terai Tere-moe-moe 23. Tu-ra’i-ariʻi E-he-vahine (= 19) 1. Teriʻimaevarua III 6. Tehepapai Maheanu’u-a-Mai 3. Moe Maheanu’u-a-Mai

See also

• French Polynesia
• Annexation of the Leeward Islands
• List of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 19th century

References