Tapoa I

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| name = Tapoa I

| title = King of Taha'a and Bora Bora

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| reign = 1778–1812

| coronation =

| predecessor = Teriimaevarua I

| spouse = Ai-mata

| full name = Te-Ari{{okina}}i Noho-rai Tapoa I

| house = House of Tapoa

| father = Ta{{okina}}o-ata

| mother = Teriimaevarua I

| birth_date =

| birth_place = c. 1772

| death_date = 1812 (aged 39-40)

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| issue = Tapoa II
Teri{{okina}}imaevarua-vahine

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Tapoa I (c. 1772–1812) was the king of the Tahitian island of Bora Bora from 1778 to 1812.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

He had a daughter named Maevarua, recognized as supreme chief or "Arii rahi" of Tahaa and Bora Bora. She died on July 14, 1809 in Raiatea.{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2712825419 | title=John Davies, Tahiti, Fiji }} He was the grandfather of Tapoa II whose mother was Maevarua.{{sfn|Williams|1837|page=374}}{{sfn|Pichevin|2013|page=193}} Other sources say that he was the father of Tapoa II.{{sfn|Henry|Orsmond|1928|page=259}} After the death of his daughter, the regency of his little son was entrusted to the chief Fenuapeho of Tahaa.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12845187 |title=Original Correspondence. |newspaper=The Sydney Herald |volume=II |issue=89 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=Sep 3, 1832 |page=1 (Supplement to the Sydney Herald.) |via=National Library of Australia}}{{sfn|Williams|1837|page=374}} With the help of the other chiefs of the Leeward Islands, he provided military support to Pomare II to restore him to his lands at Tahiti in 1810.{{sfn|Pichevin|2013|page=192}} He died at the end of September 1812 in Tahiti.{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2713969199 | title=Letters mainly from missionaries in Tahiti, or sailing to and from Tahiti }}

Ancestry

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|1= 1. Tapoa I

|2= 2. Ta'o-ata

|3= 3. Teri'imaevarua I of Bora Bora

|4= 4. Mano-tahi

|5= 5. Te-i'oa-tua

|6= 6. Uru-a-tu

|7= 7. Tetua-ti'i-roa

|8= 8. Tau-niua

|9= 9. Ha'apai-taha'a-vahine of Raiatea

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|12= 12. Teri'itemiro

|13= 13. Tetope

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|18= 18. Ari'i-rua of Raiatea

|19= 19. Tetua-nui-i-tahu-ea

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|24= 24. Tetua-anua-hia

|25= 25. Rere-ao

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References

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  • {{cite book|last=Baré|first=Jean-François|title=Tahiti, les temps et les pouvoirs: pour une anthropologie historique du Tahiti post-européen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39IvAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=ORSTOM, Institut français de recherche scientifique pour le développement en coopération|location=Paris|isbn=978-2-7099-0847-4|oclc=16654716|language=fr}}
  • {{cite book|last=Pichevin|first=Bernard|title=Généalogies et Histoire de Tahiti et des îles de la Société|year=2013|publisher=Au vent des îles|location=Tahiti|isbn=978-2-36734-008-1|language=fr}}
  • {{cite book|last=Ellis|first=William|author-link=William Ellis (British missionary)|title=Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YOYRAAAAYAAJ|edition=2nd|volume=II|year=1834|publisher=Fisher, Son, & Jackson|location=London|oclc=1061902349}}
  • {{cite book|last=Ellis|first=William|author-link=William Ellis (British missionary)|title=Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in The Society and Sandwich Islands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZADAAAAQAAJ|edition=2nd|volume=III|year=1831|publisher=Fisher, Son & Jackson|location=London|oclc=221587368|ref={{harvid|Ellis|1831a}}}}
  • {{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|access-date=23 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707162245/http://books.google.com/books?id=adorAAAAMAAJ|archive-date=7 July 2014|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite book|last=Williams|first=John|title=A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South Sea Islands : with remarks upon the natural history of the islands, origin, languages, traditions, and usages of the inhabitants|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5sEQAAAAIAAJ|year=1837|publisher=J. Snow|location=London}}

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Category:1770s births

Category:1812 deaths

Category:French Polynesian royalty

Category:18th-century monarchs in Oceania

Category:People from the Kingdom of Bora Bora

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