Franco-Tahitian War
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The Franco-Tahitian War or French–Tahitian War (1844–1847) was a conflict between the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Tahiti and its allies in the South Pacific archipelago of the Society Islands in modern-day French Polynesia.
Pomare, Queen of Tahiti, the Persecuted Christian Surrounded by Her Family at the Afflictive Moment when the French Forces Were Landing, painting by LMS artist George Baxter, 1845.
Pōmare IV
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Pōmare IV, more properly ʻAimata Pōmare IV Vahine-o-Punuateraʻitua, was the Queen of Tahiti between 1827 and 1877. She was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Tahiti.
Queen Pōmare IV, portrait by Charles Giraud, Musée du quai Branly
Queen Pomare's Palace, Tahiti (LMS, 1869, p. 30)
Queen Pōmare IV, portrait by Charles Giraud, Musée de Tahiti et des Îles