PÅmare IV
Aimata vahine o Punuatera ITUA ( born February 28, 1813 in Pare, † September 17, 1877 in Papeete ) was dated January 11, 1827 to September 17, 1877 Queen Pomaré IV of Tahiti and Moorea.
Origin and family
She was the daughter of the king Tunuieaite atua Pomaré II and his second wife Terito i te rai. In December 1827 she married Teriinohorai Tapoa II, king of Bora Bora, where she was already promised as a child. Her second marriage, she completed on 3 December 1832 in Pare and married her cousin Ariifaaite Tenania a Hiro (* January 10, 1820 Huahine, † February 12, 1873 Papeete ), son of a Hiro Perera and Teihotu Taavea vahine, a subsidiary of Tamatoa III.
History
The young Aimata took over as " Ari'i rahi " on 11 January 1827 succeeded her deceased brother Pomaré III. and straightway fell into a European power struggle over the archipelago.
When, on April 6, 1768 Louis Antoine de Bougainville, a French navigator was on circumnavigation at Hitiaa, the eastern side of Tahiti, to April 15 on land and the island for the French king took possession of France was interested in this archipelago aroused.
Once in 1836 landed two French missionaries of the Polynesian neighboring islands in Tahiti, got the archipelago into a European power struggle. Queen Pomaré was relieved by the British missionary and consul George Pritchard (1796-1883) from office on December 12, 1836 IV. In a letter to Queen Victoria Aimata asked for British protection, to which France protested and despatched a frigate. 1841 decided the " To'ohitu ", the " High Council " of Tahiti, including Tati, the brother of Opuhara from Papara, for a French protectorate, which ultimately joined Queen Aimata. On September 9, 1842, the French Rear Admiral Dupetit - Thouars hoisted the flag of the Protectorate. The British Consul Pritchard returned on February 25, 1843 back to Tahiti, then landed another French troops and ended Aimatas British administration. After her return from exile on Moorea, Raiatea and Bora Bora reigned queen Pomaré IV of 1847 to 17 September 1877 a French protectorate.
Progeny
- Ariiaue Pomaré ( born August 12, 1838 in Motuuta - 13, 1855)
- Teriitaria Teratane Pomaré V, King of Tahiti ( born November 3, 1839 in Taravao, † June 12, 1891 in Papeete )
- Teriimaevarua i Bora Bora, Queen Teriimaevarua II of Bora Bora (1841-1873), was adopted by her stepfather Tapoa II
- Tamatoa i Raiatea, King of Raiatea and Tahaa Tamatoa V. ( born September 23, 1842 † September 30, 1881 )
- Teriitapunui Punuarii Pomaré ( born May 20, 1846 in Raiatea, † September 17, 1888 in Papeete ), was president of the " To'ohitu " and as such, one of the notables who on 29 June 1880, the Law for the cession of Tahiti to the French Republic countersigned
- Teriitua Tuavira Joinville Pomaré ( born December 17, 1847 in Papeete, † April 9, 1875 in Papeete )
- Tevahitua Pomare (* / † 1850)
Pomare IV a stamp of French Polynesia has been paid.