Pōmare V
{{Short description|Last king of Tahiti from 1877 to 1880}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Pōmare V
| image = Pomare V (trsp bkg).png
| caption =
| reign = 17 September 1877 – 29 June 1880
| coronation = 24 September 1877
| cor-type = Coronation
| predecessor = Pōmare IV
| successor = Position abolished
| regent =
| spouse = {{marriage|Teuhe|1857|1861|end=div}}
{{marriage|Marau Salmon|1875|1887|end=div}}
| issue = Teriʻi nui o Tahiti
Takau Pōmare-Vedel
Ernest Albert Salmon (disputed)
| full name = Teriʻitariʻa Terātane Pōmare
| house = House of Pōmare
| father = Ariʻifaʻaite
| mother = Pōmare IV
| birth_date = {{birth date|1839|11|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Afaʻahiti, Taravao
| death_date = {{death date and age|1891|6|12|1839|11|3|df=yes}}
| death_place = Royal Palace, Papeʻete, Tahiti
| burial_place = Tomb of the King, Utuʻaiʻai in ʻArue
| religion =Reformed
}}
Pōmare V (3 November 1839 – 12 June 1891){{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18910804.2.17 |title=THE New Zealand Herald AND DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS.TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1891. |work=New Zealand Herald |page=4 |date=4 August 1891 |access-date=23 December 2022 |via=Papers Past}} was the last monarch of Tahiti, reigning from 1877 until his forced abdication in 1880. He was the son of Queen Pōmare IV.{{sfn|Henry|Orsmond|1928|page=249–251}}
Biography
He was born as Teri'i Tari'a Te-rā-tane and became Heir Apparent and Crown Prince (Ari'i-aue) upon the death of his elder brother on 13 May 1855.{{sfn|Henry|Orsmond|1928|page=249–251}} He became king of Tahiti on the death of his mother on 17 September 1877. His coronation was on 24 September 1877 at Pape'ete.
He married twice, first on 11 November 1857 to Te-mā-ri'i-Ma'i-hara Te-uhe-a-Te-uru-ra'i, princess of Huahine. He divorced her on 5 August 1861. His second marriage was to Joanna Marau-Ta'aroa Te-pa'u Salmon (thereafter known as Her Majesty The Queen Marau of Tahiti), at Pape'ete on 28 January 1875. He divorced her on 27 July 1887.{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS18870830.2.22 |title=Brevities. |work=Thames Star |page=2 |date=30 August 1887 |access-date=23 December 2022 |via=Papers Past}}
Pōmare V had one son and two daughters.
On 29 June 1880, he gave Tahiti and its dependencies to France,{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18800729.2.17 |title=FRENCH MOVEMENTS IN THE PACIFIC. |work=New Zealand Herald |page=5 |date=29 July 1880 |access-date=23 December 2022 |via=Papers Past}} whereupon he was given a pension by the French government and the titular position of Officer of the Orders of the Legion of Honour and Agricultural Merit of France.
He died at the Royal Palace, Pape'ete, and is buried at the Tomb of the King, Utu'ai'ai in 'Arue.{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM18910813.2.20 |title=THE LAST KING OE TAHITI. |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=4 |date=13 August 1891 |access-date=23 December 2022 |via=Papers Past}}
Honours
= French Honours =
- 50px Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour (09/11/1880).{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18810715.2.26 |title=LATEST FROM TAHITI. |work=New Zealand Herald |page=8 |date=15 July 1881 |access-date=23 December 2022 |via=Papers Past}}
- 50px Officer of the Order of Agricultural Merit (09/11/1880).{{Cite web |title=TOAREVA - Carnet d'Aventure Tahiti by Arnaud Simonnet |url=https://issuu.com/arnaudsimonnet/docs/carnet_d_aventure_tahiti-fr-web |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=issuu.com |page=5 |language=en}}
Ancestry
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|1= 1. Pōmare V
|2= 2. Ariʻifaʻaite
|3= 3. Pōmare IV
|4= 4. Ariʻipeu-a-Hiro
|5= 5. Teihotu Taʻavea
|6= 6. Pōmare II
|7= 7. Teri’to’-o-terai Tere-moe-moe
|8=
|9=
|10= 10. Tamatoa IV (= 14)
|11= 11. Tu-ra’i-ariʻi E-he-vahine (= 15)
|12= 12. Pōmare I
|13= 13. Tetua-nui-reia-i-te-raʻi-atea
|14= 14. Tamatoa IV (= 10)
|15= 15. Tu-ra’i-ariʻi E-he-vahine (= 11)
}}
See also
{{Commons category|Pōmare V}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book|last=Gonschor|first=Lorenz|title=A Power in the World: The Hawaiian Kingdom in Oceania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ddvFDwAAQBAJ|year=2019|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|location=Honolulu|isbn=978-0-8248-8001-9|oclc=1056198239}}
- {{cite book|last1=Henry|first1=Teuira|author-link1=Teuira Henry|last2=Orsmond|first2=John Muggridge|title=Ancient Tahiti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=adorAAAAMAAJ|volume=48|year=1928|publisher=Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum|location=Honolulu|oclc=3049679}}
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{{s-ttl|title=King of Tahiti|years=1877–1880}}
{{s-non|reason=Monarchy abolished|reason2=Sovereignty ceded to France}}
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{{s-new|loss|reason=Sovereignty ceded to France}}
{{s-tul|title=King of Tahiti|years=1880–1891}}
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{{Tahiti Monarchs}}
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Category:French Polynesian Protestants
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