The Polynesian island of Huahine, in the Society Islands, was a kingdom ruled by the Teurura'i dynasty from the 18th century until its annexation by France in 1895. The island is now a part of French Polynesia.
Portrait | Name | Birth–Death | Reign start | Reign end | Notes | |
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1735–1790 | 1760 | 1790 | First reign. De facto paramount ruler from 1760 to 1790. First as ariʻi rahi. | |||
1769–1793 | 1790 | 1793 | Succeeded his mother Tehaʻapapa in 1790. Deposed in 1793 by his half-brother. | |||
1770–1814 | 1793 | 1810 | Succeeded his half-brother. | |||
1761–1838 | 1810 | 1815 | Brother of Tenania. He abdicated for his niece Teriʻitaria II of Raiatea. | |||
1790–1858 | 1815 | 18 March 1852 | Deposed during a civil war. | |||
1824–1874 | 18 March 1852 | September 1868 | Deposed in September 1868 during a civil war. Succeeded by his wife. | |||
Tehaʻapapa II[1] | 1824–1893 | September 1868 | 28 May 1893 | Heiress presumptive of King Tamatoa IV of Raiatea and Tahaʻa. Ruler of Huahine (1868–1893), ruled under French protectorate from 1885 to 1890. | ||
1851–1909 | 1884 | 15 September 1895 | First born son of the Huahinean sovereign, he acted as regent for his mother and his daughter from 1884 to 1895. | |||
1848–1891 | 22 March 1888 | 22 July 1890 | Raised to the kingdom in 1888. She reigned under a rebellion government against her mother Tehaʻapapa II. Deposed in 1890 by her brother regent Marama and exiled in Tahiti where she died one year later. | |||
1879–1917 | 28 May 1893 | 15 September 1895 | Last Queen of Huahine and Maiaʻo, France annexed Huahine and Maiaʻo on 15 September 1895. |