# Ari'imate

King Ari'imate Teurura'i (1824 – 14 April 1874) was a member and founder of a Polynesian royal family (House of Teurura'i) which reigned on the Tahitian island of Huahine and Mai'ao during the 19th century. In Tahitian, his name translates as "sovereign-demised" and "the-sky-forest" respectively.
He was installed as king of Huahine in 1852 until his deposition in 1868.

## Family

Ari'imate Teururai was born at Huahine in 1824. He was the second child and only son of Chief Taaroaari'i and Tematafainu'u vahine. He was the paternal grandson of Mahine Tehei'ura Puru, who reigned as King of Huahine from 1800 to 1815 but abdicated in favor of his niece Teri'itaria II instead of his own son. In his early years, he ruled as the chief of Tefareri'i.

## Founder of the Teururai dynasty

On the 26 of December 1851, Teriitari'a II was deposed while she was at Tahiti with her adopted son Teratane Teriitaria Pomare. The main dignitaries chose Ariimate to be king. He was installed as king of Huahine and Maia'o on January 5, 1852. He took the reign name of Teururai.
Sixteen years later, on July 7, 1868, he was deposed by the chiefs in favour of his wife.
vteHuahine family tree :
Tamatoa I (or II)
Rofa'iAri'ima'o
Tamatoa Dynasty of RaiateaMau'a
Rohianu'uTehaapapa I Queen of HuahineMatoTetuaveroa
Teriitaria I King of HuahineTenani'a King of Huahine
Pōmare Dynasty of TahitiTamatoa III, King of RaiateaTura'iari'i EhevahineMahine Tehei'ura King of RaiateaTao'a
Pōmare II King of TahitiTeriʻitoʻoterai TeremoemoeTeriitaria II Queen of HuahineMoeore, Tamatoa IV King of RaiateaTa'aroari'iTematafainuu
Pōmare IV Queen of TahitiPōmare III King of TahitiTehaapapa II Queen of HuahineAriimate Teururai King of HuahineMa'ihara Temari'i
Tamatoa V King of RaiateaPōmare V King of TahitiTeuhe Queen of HuahineTetuamaramaMarama Teururai Prince-Regent of HuahineTamatoa VI King of Raiatea
Teriitevaearai a Mai from the Mai family of Bora BoraTehaapapa III Queen of Huahine :
Notes:
Descending dotted lines denote adoptions.
References
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.
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. :

## Marriage and children

He married in 1840 Princess Maerehia a Tamatoa, heiress presumptive to her father King Tamatoa IV of Ra'iatea and Taha'a, and had twelve children:
* Princess Temari'i a Teururai (1848–1891), Queen of Huahine.
* Princess Tapiria a Teururai (1850–1888).
* Crown Prince Marama a Teururai (1851–1909), Head of the royal family of Huahine and father of Teha'apapa III.
* Princess Vaira'atoa a Teururai, she had issue.
* Prince Ioata,Ari'imate,Teururai a Teururai (1853–1905), or Tamatoa VI, last king of Rai'atea and Tahaa.He had five children.
* Prince Teri'iteporouara'i a Teururai (1857–1899), his family established in Tahiti.
* Prince Fatino,Maraeta'ata a Teururai (1859–1884), he had eight children.
* Princess Turaiari'i,Haamairia a Teururai (1862–?), she had two children through an irregular union.
* Princess Teri'inavahoro'a Teururai (1863–1918), she had eleven children.
* Princess Tefa'aora vahine a Teururai (1868–1928), she had two daughters.
Their children remain member to the royal family of the former kingdom of Huahine-Maia'o and Raiatea-Taha'a since the end of the monarchy.
Ari'imate died at Huahine on 14 April 1874.

## Ancestry

Ancestors of Ari'imate :