Pōmare III

Names
	Teriʻitariʻa Pōmare III

Pōmare III
Pōmare III
	Pōmare III, drawing from montage by Madame Sophia Hoare, 1885.
King of Tahiti
Reign	7 December 1821 – 8 January 1827
Coronation	21 April 1824
Predecessor	Pōmare II
Successor	Pōmare IV
Regent	Teriʻitoʻoterai Tere-moe-moe; Teriʻitariʻa Ariʻipaea Vahine; five principal chiefs of Tahiti
Born	25 June 1820; Military Hospital, Papofai
Died	8 January 1827 (aged 6); Papetoai, Moʻorea
Burial	Pōmare Royal Cemetery, Papaʻoa, ʻArue
Names
Names
	Teriʻitariʻa Pōmare III
House	House of Pōmare
Father	Pōmare II
Mother	Teriʻitoʻoterai Tere-moe-moe
Religion	Reformed

Pōmare III (1820–1827), born Teriʻitariʻa, was the king of Tahiti between 1821 and 1827. He was the second son of King Pōmare II and his second wife, Queen Teriʻitoʻoterai Tere-moe-moe.^[1] Sources differ on his relation to his sister with missionary sources citing them as half-siblings while later sources cited Tere-moe-moe as their mother.

Biography

He was born at Papofai, on 25 June 1820, as Teriʻitariʻa,^{[citation needed]} and was baptised 10 September 1820.^[2] He succeeded to the throne on the death of his father 7 December 1821. He was crowned at Papaʻoa, ʻArue, 21 April 1824.^{[citation needed]}

The British missionaries decided that Pomare should have a coronation, although Tahitian tradition required investment with a sacred girdle and did not involve the use of a crown. The coronation was arranged by the British missionary Henry Nott and involved a procession of Tahitian judges and other dignitaries as well as British missionaries, accompanying the infant king, seated in a covered chair, to a specially-constructed stone platform. Here he sat behind a table carrying a crown, a bible and a book of Tahitian law. Mr. Davies, a senior missionary, spoke on his behalf, confirming that he agreed to reign with justice and mercy, according to the law and the word of God. Nott then placed the crown on his head.^[3]

While Pomare was king the missionaries advanced their own agenda in his name, for example by having him write to George IV to request British protection and the British flag.^[4]

He ruled under the regency of his mother Queen Teriʻitoʻoterai Tere-moe-moe, his aunt and stepmother Teriʻitariʻa Ariʻipaeavahine, and the five principal chiefs of Tahiti due to his minority.^{[citation needed]}

Pōmare III's education took place at the South Sea Academy, Papetoai, Moʻorea.^[3] He died of dysentery in January 1827^[1] and was succeeded by his full sister, ʻAimata Pōmare IV Vahine-o-Punuateraʻitua, who reigned 1827–1877.^{[citation needed]}

Ancestry

Ancestors of Pōmare III

8. Teu Tunuieaite Atua

4. Pōmare I

9. Tetupaia-i-Hauiri

2. Pōmare II

10. Teihotu-i-Ahura’i

5. Tetua-nui-reia-i-te-raʻi-atea

11. Vave’a Tetua-nui-rei-a-ite Ra’iatea

1. Pōmare III

12. Vetea-raʻi Uʻuru

6. Tamatoa IV

13. Opai-pai Te-roro

3. Teri’to'-o-terai Tere-moe-moe

14. Mato Teri’i Tepoara’i

7. Tu-ra’i-ariʻi E-he-vahine

15. Te-ha’apapa I

References

^ ^a ^b Robert L. Gale (1995). A Herman Melville Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-313-29011-4.
^ The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Part II. Original Papers. London: Henry Colburn and Company. 1825. p. 161. OCLC 6941153.
^ ^a ^b William Ellis (1829). Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands, Including Descriptions of the Natural History and Scenery of the Islands, with Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants. Fisher, Son, & Jackson. pp. 535-8.
^ C.W. Newbury (15 May 2017). The History of the Tahitian Mission, 1799–1830, Written by John Davies, Missionary to the South Sea Islands: With Supplementary Papers of the Missionaries. Taylor & Francis. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-317-02871-0.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Pōmare II	King of Tahiti 1821–1827	Succeeded by Pōmare IV

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[Gate-1] Robert L. Gale (1995). A Herman Melville Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-313-29011-4.

[2] The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, Part II. Original Papers. London: Henry Colburn and Company. 1825. p. 161. OCLC 6941153.

[Ellis-3] William Ellis (1829). Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands, Including Descriptions of the Natural History and Scenery of the Islands, with Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants. Fisher, Son, & Jackson. pp. 535-8.

[Newbury-4] C.W. Newbury (15 May 2017). The History of the Tahitian Mission, 1799–1830, Written by John Davies, Missionary to the South Sea Islands: With Supplementary Papers of the Missionaries. Taylor & Francis. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-317-02871-0.

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