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.
Pōmare IV
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
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 islands of Tahiti, Moʻorea, Teti‘aroa, and Mehetiʻa. The kingdom eventually annexed the Tuamotus, and the Austral Islands.
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