Teuhe

Te-mari'i-a-Teurura'i Ma'i-hara Te-uhe (1840 – 21 August 1891) was a Polynesian queen who reigned the kingdom of Huahine in 18 March 1888 – 22 July 1890 under the reign name Teuhe; her name had also been given as Teuhe II. She belongs to the Teururai family of Huahine.[1]

Teuhe
Queen regnant of Huahine (in rebellion)
Queen of Huahine and Maia'o
Reign	18 March 1888 – 22 July 1890
Predecessor	Teha'apapa II
Successor	Teha'apapa II
Born	1840 Téfareri'i, Huahine
Died	August 21, 1891 (aged 50–51) Arue, Tahiti
Burial	Arue, Tahiti
Spouse	Pōmare V Afai-au-Tatahi
Full name Princess Temarii Teuhe Té-u-ru-ra-i
House	House of Teurura'i
Father	Ari'imate
Mother	Teha'apapa II

Family

She was born at Huahine, ca. 1840. She was the eldest daughter of Queen Tehaʻapapa II and King Ariʻi-mate of Huahine.

She was proclaimed as Queen Teuhe during an insurrection against France on February 22, 1888 and fled to Tahiti to seek protection under her former husband, Pomare V, 22 July 1890.

Marriage

She married as his first wife, at Huahine, on 11 November 1857 (div. 5 August 1861), Pōmare V, King of Tahiti, eldest surviving son of Pōmare IV, Queen of Tahiti, by her second husband, by whom she had issue one son and one daughter. They divorced on 5 August 1861.

She died without issues at Papeete, 21 August 1891.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Teuhe

16. The Hon. Chief Mato Teri'i-te Po Are'i of Ra'iatea and Huahine 8. The Hon. Chief Mahine Te-hei-'ura of Huahine 17. The Hon. Chiefess Te-tu-ave-roa of Huahine 4. The Hon. Chief Ta'aroa-ri'i of Huahine 18. The Hon. Chief of Fareihi 9. The Hon. Chiefess Tao'a of Fareihi 2. King Ari'imate of Huahine 10. Me-hao 5. Té-mata-fainu'u vahine 11. Taura'a 1. Queen Teuhe II of Huahine 24. King Tamatoa III of Ra'iatea and Taha'a 12. Prince Vetea-ra'i U'uru of Ra'iatea, The Hon. Chief of Opoa 25. The Hon. Chiefess Hapaitaha'a of Hauiri 6. King Tamatoa IV of Rai'atea and Taha'a 13. The Hon. Chiefess Opai-pai Te-roro of Bora Bora 3. Princess Maerehia of Rai'atea and Taha'a 14. The Hon. Chief of Vaiari 7. The Hon. Mahuti of Vaiari

See also

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

References

1. Teuira Henry, John Muggridge Orsmond (1928). Ancient Tahiti. 48. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. p. 258.

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