Teuhe

Queen regnant of Huahine (in rebellion)

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

c. 1840
Téfareri'i, Huahine

Died

August 21, 1891(1891-08-21) (aged 50–51)
Arue, Tahiti

Burial

Arue, Tahiti

Spouse

Pōmare V
Afai-au-Tatahi

Names
Princess Temarii Teuhe Té-u-ru-ra-i

House

House of Teurura'i

Father

Ari'imate

Mother

Teha'apapa II

Te-mari'i-a-Teurura'i Ma'i-hara Te-uhe (c. 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]

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. They divorced on 5 August 1861.^{[citation needed]}

She died without issue at Papeete, 21 August 1891.^{[citation needed]}

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

26. The Hon. Chief Uruatu of Bora Bora

13. The Hon. Chiefess Opai-pai Te-roro of Bora Bora

27. The Hon. Chiefess Teriʻ Iti

3. Princess Maerehia of Rai'atea and Taha'a

14. The Hon. Chief of Vaiari

7. The Hon. Mahuti of Vaiari

References

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

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Trois ans chez les Canaques. Odyssée d'un Neuchâtelois autour du monde. Lausanne, Payot & Co Editeurs, 342p., Eugène HANNI.
Huahine aux temps anciens, Cahiers du Patrimoine [Savoirs et traditions] et Tradition orale, B.SAURA, édition 2006.
Chefs et notables au temps du protectorat: 1842 - 1880, Société des Etudes Océaniennes, Raoul TEISSIER, réédition de 1996.