Tenania Explained

Tenaniʻa
Spouse:Tohe-maʻi Te-heu-atua
Tetua-nui Rei-i-te Raʻiatea
Issue:Tu-raʻi-ariʻi-Te-raʻi-mano-vahine
Teriʻi-aʻe-tua-vahine
Reign:1793–1810
King of Huahine and Maiʻao
Birth Date:1770
Death Date:1814 (aged 43–44)
Father:Mato Teriʻi-te Po Areʻi
Mother:Te-tu-ave-roa
Full Name:Tenaniʻa Tamatoa I
Successor:Mahine Teheiura

Tenaniʻa (c. 1770–1814) was king of the island of Huahine. Huahine is an island located among the Society Islands, in French Polynesia. Tenaniʻa became a king in 1793 after he deposed Teriitaria I, his half-brother.

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