Pomaré III.

His mother Teri'itaria

Teri'itaria Pomaré (* June 25, 1820 - January 11, 1827 ) was Pomare III. King of Tahiti between 1824 and 1827 .

Origin and family

Pomare III

Born as "ari'i rahi" (king or chief boss) Teri'itaria, son of Pomaré II and his 4th wife Teri'itaria (1790-1858), was king as a child and was only 7 years old.

His coronation took place on April 22nd, 1824 in Papaoa, the residence of the Pomare's in Arue. He then attended the school of the South Sea Academy in Papetoai, which was founded in March 1824 on the island of Moorea .

When his father died in 1821, his mother became Teriitaria Ariipaia vahine, Queen of Huahine and daughter of Tamatoa III. the King of Raiatea , Guardian Regent of Tahiti until his death in 1827.

Subsequently, his sister Aimata Pomaré IV became Queen of Tahiti. She was the 1st daughter of Pomare II and his 3rd wife Terito i te rai. Terito adopted Arii Taimai , who descended from the Tuiterai family clan (Amo, Opuhara and Tati, her grandfather) and the Aromaterai clan (Marama was her mother), thus uniting the Papara house with the Pomarés house .

Explanation

In the aristocratic society of the leading family clans in Tahiti, the son always replaced the father, whose authority after the birth of his child was limited to his guardianship. If there were no male descendants, the rank of "ari'i rahi" passed to the female family members. Each child was given a name by father and mother, by adoptive parents, by origin or by a new position in society and was thus known to neighbors under different name variations.

The way of life of the Tahitians fascinated many Europeans, for example the French painter Gauguin, who contributed to the “ myth of the South Seas ” with his colorful paintings .

Web links

• http://www.pseudopodium.org/repress/tahiti/index.html

predecessor	Office	Successor
Pomaré II.	King of Tahiti 1824–1827	Pomaré IV.