Teuhe

Tahitian queen
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroTahitian queen
isPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Female
BirthHuahine
Death21 August 1891Papeete
Family
Mother:Tehaapapa II
Father:Ari'imate
Spouse:Pōmare V
The details

Biography

Te-mari'i-a-Teurura'i Ma'i-hara Te-uhe (1840 – 21 August 1891) was a Polynesian queen who reigned, during the 19th century, on the kingdom of Huahine under the reign name Teuhe; her name had also been given as Teuhe II. She belongs to the Teururai family of Huahine.

Family

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

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, by whom she had issue one son and one daughter.

She died without issues at Papeete, 21 August 1891.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Teuhe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. The Hon. Chief Mato Teri'i-te Po Are'i of Ra'iatea and Huahine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. The Hon. Chief Mahine Te-hei-'ura of Huahine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. The Hon. Chiefess Te-tu-ave-roa of Huahine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. The Hon. Chief Ta'aroa-ri'i of Huahine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. The Hon. Chief of Fareihi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. The Hon. Chiefess Tao'a of Fareihi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. King Ari'imate of Huahine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Me-hao
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Té-mata-fainu'u vahine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Taura'a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Queen Teuhe II of Huahine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. The Hon. Chiefess Hapaitaha'a of Hauiri
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. King Tamatoa IV of Rai'atea and Taha'a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. The Hon. Chiefess Opai-pai Te-roro of Bora Bora
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Princess Maerehia of Rai'atea and Taha'a
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. The Hon. Chief of Vaiari
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. The Hon. Mahuti of Vaiari
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Teuhe
Rulers of Huahine
Born: 1848 Died: 1891
Preceded by
Tehaapapa II
Queen of Huahine
1888–1890
Succeeded by
Tehaapapa II

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