Teuhe

Queen regnant of Huahine (in rebellion)

Teuhe

Queen regnant of Huahine (in rebellion)
Queen of Huahine and Maia'o
Reign| 18 March 1888 – 22 July 1890
Predecessor| Teha'apapa II
Successor| Teha'apapa II

Born| c. 1840
Téfareri'i, Huahine
Died| August 21, 1891(1891-08-21) (aged 50–51)
Arue, Tahiti
Burial|

Arue, Tahiti

Spouse| Pōmare V
Afai-au-Tatahi
| Names

Princess Temarii Teuhe Té-u-ru-ra-i
House| House of Teurura'i
Father| Ari'imate
Mother| Teha'apapa II

Te-mari'i-a-Teurura'i Ma'i-hara Te-uhe (c. 1840 - 21 August 1891) was a Polynesian queen who reigned the kingdom of Huahine in 18 March 1888 – 22 July 1890 under the reign name Teuhe; her name had also been given as Teuhe II. She belongs to the Teururai family of Huahine.[1]

## Family

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She was born at Huahine, ca. 1840. She was the eldest daughter of Queen Tehaʻapapa II and King Ariʻi-mate of Huahine.

She was proclaimed as Queen Teuhe during an insurrection against France on February 22, 1888 and fled to Tahiti to seek protection under her former husband, Pomare V, 22 July 1890.

## Marriage

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She married as his first wife, at Huahine, on 11 November 1857 (div. 5 August 1861), Pōmare V, King of Tahiti, eldest surviving son of Pōmare IV, Queen of Tahiti, by her second husband. They divorced on 5 August 1861.[citation needed]

She died without issue at Papeete, 21 August 1891.[citation needed]

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Teuhe

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| 8\. The Hon. Chief Mahine Te-hei-'ura of Huahine|

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| 17\. The Hon. Chiefess Te-tu-ave-roa of Huahine

| 4\. The Hon. Chief Ta'aroa-ri'i of Huahine|

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| 18\. The Hon. Chief of Fareihi

| 9\. The Hon. Chiefess Tao'a of Fareihi|

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| 2\. King Ari'imate of Huahine|

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| 10\. Me-hao|

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| 5\. Té-mata-fainu'u vahine|

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| 11\. Taura'a|

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| 1\. Queen Teuhe II of Huahine|
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| 24\. King Tamatoa III of Ra'iatea and Taha'a

| 12\. Prince Vetea-ra'i U'uru of Ra'iatea, The Hon. Chief of Opoa|

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| 25\. The Hon. Chiefess Hapaitaha'a of Hauiri

| 6\. King Tamatoa IV of Rai'atea and Taha'a|

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| 26\. The Hon. Chief Uruatu of Bora Bora

| 13\. The Hon. Chiefess Opai-pai Te-roro of Bora Bora|

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| 27\. The Hon. Chiefess Teriʻ Iti

| 3\. Princess Maerehia of Rai'atea and Taha'a|

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| 14\. The Hon. Chief of Vaiari|

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| 7\. The Hon. Mahuti of Vaiari|

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## See also

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* French Polynesia
* Annexation of the Leeward Islands
* List of monarchs who lost their thrones in the 19th century

## References

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1. ^ Teuira Henry, John Muggridge Orsmond (1928). Ancient Tahiti. Vol. 48\. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. p. 258.

* Tahiti, les temps et les pouvoirs. Pour une anthropologie historique du Tahiti post-européen, Paris, ORSTOM, 543 p., Jean-François BARE.
* Trois ans chez les Canaques. Odyssée d'un Neuchâtelois autour du monde. Lausanne, Payot & Co Editeurs, 342p., Eugène HANNI.
* Huahine aux temps anciens, Cahiers du Patrimoine [Savoirs et traditions] et Tradition orale, B.SAURA, édition 2006.
* Chefs et notables au temps du protectorat: 1842 - 1880, Société des Etudes Océaniennes, Raoul TEISSIER, réédition de 1996.

Teuhe

Rulers of Huahine

Born: 1848 Died: 1891

Preceded by

Tehaapapa II

|  Queen of Huahine
1888-1890  | Succeeded by

Tehaapapa II