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Punuari'i Teri'itapunui Pōmare

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Punuariʻi Teriʻitapunui Pōmare
Royal Prince of Tahiti, Ariʻi of Afaʻahiti
Born(1846-05-20)May 20, 1846
Raiatea
DiedSeptember 17, 1888(1888-09-17) (aged 42)
Papeete
SpouseTeri'inavahoro'a a Ma'i
FatherTenaniʻa Ariʻifaʻaite a Hiro
MotherPōmare IV

Prince Punuariʻi Teriʻitapunui Pōmare was a member of the Pōmare Dynasty, the reigning family of the Kingdom of Tahiti.

Biography

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He was the fifth son of Pōmare IV, queen of Tahiti, and her second husband and first cousin Tenaniʻa Ariʻifaʻaite a Hiro, chieftain in Huahine.

Upon his birth, he was given the title of grand-chieftain of the district of Afaʻahiti, in Tahiti.

In June 1862 he married Princess Teri'inavahoro'a, a member of the noble Ma'i family of Bora-Bora. Their two daughters, who died leaving no offspring, were

  • Princess Teri'inavahoro'a Pōmare, born April 15, 1873, died April 12, 1874.
  • Princess Edith Marie Pōmare, born February 3, 1882, died in 1899. Engaged in December 1898 to George Tupou II, king of Tonga. She died less than a year after the engagement, before her coronation as queen consort of Tonga.

His main public role