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.
Pomare IV, c. 1863, photograph by F. Pierson
Queen Pomare's Palace, Tahiti (LMS, 1869, p. 30)
Queen Pōmare IV, portrait by Charles Giraud, Musée de Tahiti et des Îles
Kingdom of Tahiti
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The Kingdom of Tahiti or the Tahitian Kingdom was a Polynesian monarchy founded by paramount chief Pōmare I, who, with the aid of British missionaries and traders, and European weaponry, unified the i
Pōmare IV
…Vahine-o-Punuateraʻitua (otherwise known as ʻAimata – "eye-eater", after an old custom of the ruler to eat the eye of the defeated foe), was the Queen of Tahiti between 1827 and 1877. She was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Tahiti. Pōmare was the daughter of Pōmare II and Teriʻitoʻoterai Tere-moe-moe, his…
Pōmare I, founder of the Pōmare dynasty and King of Tahiti
King Pomare II
A scene from the Battle of Te Feipī, by William Ellis
Queen Pōmare IV