List of monarchs of Tahiti
Monarchs of Tahiti
Table:
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Name

Birth–Death

Reign Start

Reign End

Notes

Vai raʻa toa Taina Pōmare I
1743–1803
1788
3 September 1803
De facto paramount ruler from 1768, first as ariʻi, then from 1774 as regent for Pōmare II

Pōmare II
1774–1821
3 September 1803
22 December 1808
First reign, succeeded Pōmare I at birth in 1774 as ari'i, exiled to Moʻorea in 1808

Vacant (22 December 1808 – 15 November 1815)

Pōmare II
1774–1821
15 November 1815
7 December 1821
Second reign, reclaimed throne after the Battle of Te Feipi

Teriʻi tariʻa Pōmare III
1820–1827
7 December 1821
8 January 1827
Son of Pōmare II

Council of Regency
7 December 1821
8 January 1827
Regents for Pōmare III (per Pōmare II's request):
Queen Teriʻitoʻoterai Tere-moe-moe
Queen Teriʻitaria Ariʻipaea Vahine
Five of the principal chiefs of Tahiti

ʻAimata Pōmare IV Vahine
1813–1877
11 January 1827
17 September 1877
Female; Daughter of Pōmare II. Longest reigning ruler of Tahiti, ruled under French protectorate from 9 September 1842

Ariʻi aue Pōmare V
1839–1891
17 September 1877
30 December 1880
Son of Pōmare IV. Last King of Tahiti, France annexed Tahiti and its dependencies on 29 June 1880

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