Pōmare Dynasty [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Pōmare Dynasty
The Pōmare Dynasty was the reigning family of the Kingdom of Tahiti between the unification of the island by Pōmare I in 1788 and Pōmare V's cession of the kingdom to France in 1880. Their influence once spanned most of the Society Islands, the Austral Islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago.
History.
The ancestors of the family ultimately came from the island of Fakarava in the Tuamotus.
The dynasty originated from the district chieftains or ari'i rahi of Porionuʻu (including the smaller districts of Pare and Arue)
Pōmare
Pōmare or Pomare may refer to:
- Pōmare Dynasty, the dynasty of the Tahitian monarchs
- Pōmare I (c.1742-1803), first king of the Kingdom of Tahiti
- Pōmare II (c.1774–1821), second king of Tahiti
- Pōmare III (1820-1827), third king of Tahiti
- Pōmare IV (1813-1877), queen of Tahiti (fourth monarch)
- Pōmare V (1839-1891), fifth and last king of Tahiti
- Notable New