Te-ha'apapa III
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Princess Teri'i-na-vaha-roa (1 August 1879 – 27 April 1917), was a tahitian Queen who reigned on the kingdom of Huahine and Maia'o from 1893 to 1895.

Biography

Princess Teri'i-na-vaha-roa Teri'itari'a or Te-ha'apapa III, is a member of a royal tahitian dynasty, the deposed royal family Teururai of Huahine.
As a tahitian Princess, she became Queen
Queen regnant
A queen regnant is a female monarch who reigns in her own right, in contrast to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning king. An empress regnant is a female monarch who reigns in her own right over an empire....

 of Huahine
Huahine
Huahine is an island located among the Society Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Leeward Islands group . The island has a population of about 6,000.-Geography:...

. (b. at Fare
Fare
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, 8 August 1879 - d. at Fare, 27 April 1917).

She was the last Queen of Huahine from 1893 to 1895.

She was the eldest daughter of Marama Teri'i-fa'atau-a-Te-'uru-rai, Prince Regent
Prince Regent
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 of Huahine
Huahine
Huahine is an island located among the Society Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Leeward Islands group . The island has a population of about 6,000.-Geography:...

 by his wife Tetuanuimarama a Te-u-ru-ari'i, Princess
Princess
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 of Rurutu.

She was crowned with the reign name of Te-ha'apapa III, 1893.

Deposed when Huahine was annexed by the French
France
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, September 1895.

Marriage

She married first at Fare 15 May 1895 (divorced 6 August 1897) to His Highness Teri'i-te-vae-a-ra'i-a-Mai, a descendant of Ma'i, the Princely House of Bora Bora
Bora Bora
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 and secondly on 1900 to a native minor noble man called Tini-tua a Tu-ari'i-hi'o-noa .

She had one son by her first husband and eleven other natural children through a morganatic union with Tinitua-a-Tu-Ari'i-hi-ona.

She died at Fare, 27 April 1917

Titulary

  • 1 August 1879 - 22 February 1888 Her Highness Princess Téri'i-na-va-ho-ro'a

  • 22 February 1888 - 28 May 1893 Her Higness Crown Princess Téri'inavahoro'a of Huahine

  • 28 May 1893 - 15 September 1895 Her Majesty The Queen of Huahine


Monarchy abolished in 1895
  • 15 Septembre 1895 - 27 April 1917 Her Majesty Queen Téri'i-na-va-horo'a Teha'apapa III Teururai

Ancestry



List of ruler of Huahine

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