Teriʻimaevarua III | |
Succession: | Queen of Bora Bora |
Reign: | 12 February 1873 – 21 September 1895 |
Predecessor: | Teriimaevarua II |
Successor: | French Third Republic |
Spouse: | Hinoi Pōmare |
Issue: | Rehurehu Tuheiava (adoptive) Itia Tuheiava (adoptive) |
Full Name: | Ariʻi ʻOtare Teriʻimaevarua III |
House: | House of Pōmare |
Father: | Tamatoa V |
Mother: | Moe a Maʻi |
Birth Date: | 28 May 1871 |
Birth Place: | Raʻiātea |
Death Place: | Papeete, Tahiti |
Ari'i-ʻOtare Teriʻi-maeva-rua III Pomare (28 May 1871 – 19 November 1932) was the last Queen of the Tahitian island of Bora Bora from 1873 to 1895.[1]
The second daughter of Prince Tamatoa-a-tu (Tamatoa V), King of Raʻiātea and Tahaʻa and Princess Moe-a-Mai, Ariʻi-ʻOtare became the Queen of Bora Bora on the death of her aunt Princess Teriimaevarua II, Queen of Bora Bora.[2] She married Prince Teri'i Hinoi-a-tua Pomare, chief of Hitia'a in Bora Bora on 9 January 1884 and was divorced in 1887. Ari'i-'Otare produced no children of her own. She adopted her two younger step daughters; Princess Rehu-rehu Tuheiava and Princess Itia Tuheiava. She also adopted and raised her biological nephew Moeterauri "Bimbo" Tetua who was born September 14, 1916.
Bora Bora was annexed by the French on 17 April 1888,[3] but royal power remained in effect until 1895, when Teriimaevarua III was replaced by a French vice-resident.[4] She remained the head of the royal house of Bora Bora until her death.[5]