Tamatoa VI

Prince Ariimate Teururai, later known as King Tamatoa VI (7 June 1853 – 15 September 1905), was a member of a Tahitian royal family, the House of Teururai which reigned on the Tahitian island of Huahiné and Maia'o during the 19th century.

He was installed as king of Ra'iatea and Taha'a in 1884, but was deposed in 1888.

Biography
Tamatoa VI was born as Ioata Ariimate Teururai a Teururai and died as Teururai Teuhe a Teururai. He was the last King of Ra'iatea and Taha'a. He was the second son of King Teururai, Ariimate of Huahine. His mother, Princess Tehaapapa Maerehia of Raiatea, was the only living child of King Tamatoa IV of Raiatea. She became Queen regnant of Huahine under the regnal name of Tehaapapa II in july 8th 1868 after her husband was deposed by the chiefs in the night of july 7th 1868.

Heir to the Raiatea and Tahaa kingdom
He was installed as king of Raiatea and Tahaa in 1884. His coronation took place on January 22, 1885. He took the regnal name Tamatoa VI.

His reign ended when the French annexed the two islands of Ra'iatea and Taha'a on March 16, 1888.

After his abdication, he returned to his natal island where he was later proclaimed chief of the ditrict of Tefarerii in the name of Ioata, the same year that his niece Queen Tehaapapa III abdicated.

Marriage and children
He married Tetuanuimarama a Atitioroi (daughter of Atitioroi a Ori, of the Tati family of Papara) and had three sons and three daughters:


 * Crown Prince Tamatoa Teururai of Raiatea and Taha'a.
 * Prince Opuhara Pehupehu Teururai.
 * Princess Tevahinehaamoetua Teururai.
 * Princess Teriivanaaiterai Teururai.
 * Prince Mahinetaaroaarii Tevaearai Teururai.
 * Prince Tefauvero Teururai.

Their children remain the pretenders to the royal family of Raiatea and Taha'a since the end of the monarchy on this island.

He died at Huahine in 1905.