Tapoa II

King of Tahaʻa and Bora Bora
Tapoa II
King of Tahaʻa and Bora Bora
Painting by Henry Byam Martin, c. 1840s
King of Bora Bora
Reign1831–1860
PredecessorTapoa I
SuccessorTeriimaevarua II
Royal consort of Tahiti
Tenure1827–1834
Bornc. 1806
DiedMarch 1860 (aged 53–54)
SpousePōmare IV
Tapoa Vahine
IssueTeriimaevarua II (adoptive)
HouseHouse of Tapoa
FatherTapoa I
MotherAi-mata

Tapoa II (c. 1806–1860) was the king of the Tahitian island of Bora Bora from 1831 to 1860.[1] He was also a Royal consort of Tahiti as husband of Pōmare IV, Queen regnant of Tahiti.

Tapoa II was born in 1806. He was the son of Tapoa I, King of Tahaʻa and Bora Bora, by his wife, Ai-mata. He married Pōmare IV in December 1822. This marriage was childless and ended in divorce in 1834.[2][3] Later, he married Tapoa Vahine.[4]

Ancestry

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Bora Bora family tree
Teri'itaumihau
TeihotumaRere ao
Puni
Ari'i Rahi of Bora Bora,
Ra'iatea and Taha'a		Teri'itemiro
Uru a Tu
Teri'imaevarua I
Ari'i Rahi of Bora Bora
Mai
Ari'i of Bora Bora		Tefa'aora
Ari'i of Bora Bora		Tapoa I
King of Bora Bora,
Ra'iatea and Taha'a		Pōmare Dynasty
of Tahiti		Tamatoa Dynasty
of Ra'iatea
Ahu'uraTefa'aora a Mai
Descendant of Puni
Tehapa'i or Maheanu'u a MaiTapoa VahineTapoa II
King of Bora Bora and Taha'a		Pōmare IV
Queen of Tahiti and Moʻorea		Ari'ifa'aite
Teri'imaevarua II
Queen of Bora Bora		Temauiari'i a Ma'iMoe a Ma'iTamatoa V
King of Ra'iatea and Tahaʻa		Teri'itua Tuavira
"Prince Joinville"
Ariʻi of Hitiaʻa		Pōmare V
King of Tahiti and Moʻorea
Teri'imaevarua III
Queen of Bora Bora		Teriʻihinoiatua Pōmare
Ariʻi of Hitiaʻa
Notes:

Descending dashed lines denote adoptions.

References
  • Cadousteau, Mai-Arii (1987). "CHAPITRE VIII: AHU'URA FILLE DU ROI MAI III". Bulletin de la Société des Études Océaniennes. 20 (239–240). Papeete: Société des Études Océaniennes: 45–50. OCLC 9510786.
  • Henry, Teuira; Orsmond, John Muggridge (1928). Ancient Tahiti. Vol. 48. Honolulu: Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. pp. 247–272. OCLC 3049679.
  • Newbury, Colin W.; Darling, Adam J. (December 1967). "Te Hau Pahu Rahi: Pomare II and the Concept of Interisland Government in Eastern Polynesia". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 76 (4). Wellington: The Polynesian Society: 477–514. JSTOR 20704508. OCLC 6015244633.
  • Orsmond, John Muggridge; Smith, S. Percy (March 1893). "The Genealogy of the Pomare Family of Tahiti, from the Papers of the Rev. J. M. Orsmond. With Notes Thereon by S. Percy Smith". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 2 (1). Wellington: The Polynesian Society: 25–43. JSTOR 20701269. OCLC 5544732839.
  • Teissier, Raoul (1978). "Chefs et notables des Établissements Français de l'Océanie au temps du protectorat: 1842–1850". Bulletin de la Société des Études Océaniennes, Issue 202. Papeete: Société des Études Océaniennes. OCLC 9510786.
Ancestors of Tapoa II
16. Tau-niua
8. Mano-tahi
17. Ha'apai-taha'a-vahine of Raiatea
4. Ta'o-ata
9. Te-i'oa-tua
2. Tapoa I of Bora Bora
20. Teri'itemiro
10. Uru-a-tu
21. Tetope
5. Teri'imaevarua I of Bora Bora
11. Tetua-ti'i-roa
1. Tapoa II
6. Pa of Bora Bora
3. Ai-mata of Bora Bora

References

  1. ^ Cadousteau1 987, pp. 44, 66.
  2. ^ Henry & Orsmond 1928, p. 249.
  3. ^ Pritchard 1983, p. 225.
  4. ^ Henry & Orsmond 1928, p. 259.
  • Bennett, Frederick Debell (1840). Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe from the Year 1833 to 1836: Comprising Sketches of Polynesia, California, the Indian Archipelago, Etc. With an Account of Southern Whales, the Sperm Whale Fishery, and the Natural History of the Climates Visited. London: R. Bentley. pp. 138–139. OCLC 1382866.
  • Cadousteau, Mai-Arii (1987). "Généalogies Commentées des Arii des Îles de la Société". Bulletin de la Société des Études Océaniennes (239–240). Papeete: Société des Études Océaniennes: 45–50. OCLC 9510786.
  • Christian, Erwin (1989). Bora Bora. Edison, NJ: Hunter Publishing, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-55650-198-2. OCLC 21321148.
  • Gunson, Niel (June 1962). "An Account of the Mamaia or Visionary Heresy of Tahiti, 1826–1841". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 71 (2). Wellington: The Polynesian Society: 209–243. JSTOR 20703998. OCLC 5544737364.
  • Henry, Teuira; Orsmond, John Muggridge (1928). Ancient Tahiti. Vol. 48. Honolulu: Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. OCLC 3049679.
  • Lucett, Edward (1851). Rovings in the Pacific, from 1837 to 1849: With a Glance at California. Vol. 2. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. OCLC 6786628.*Martin, Henry Byam (1981). The Polynesian Journal of Captain Henry Byam Martin, R. N. (PDF). Canberra: Australian National University Press. hdl:1885/114833. ISBN 978-0-7081-1609-8. OCLC 8329030.
  • McArthur, Norma (1967). Island Populations of the Pacific (PDF). Canberra: Australian National University Press. OCLC 1647169.
  • Pritchard, George (1983). The Aggressions of the French at Tahiti: And Other Islands in the Pacific. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-647994-1. OCLC 10470657.
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Bora Bora
1831–1860 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Mai and Tefaaora
Preceded by
Fenuapeho
 King of Tahaʻa
1831 		Succeeded by


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