Tamatoa V


Tamatoa V, born Tamatoa-a-tu Pōmare,, King of Raiatea and Taha'a, was a son of Queen Pōmare IV of Tahiti.

Life

Adopted by Tamatoa IV King of Raiatea and Tah'aa, he succeeded him on 19 August 1857 and crowned at Opoa by The Rev. Platt, 1 December 1860. Deposed on 8 February 1871. He married to Moe Ma-hea-nu'u-a-Mai and had one son and five daughters:
He died at Papeete, 30 September 1881. He was succeeded by Tahitoe, a member of the cadet branch of the Tamatoa Royal Family.
When George Herbert, 13th Earl of Pembroke visited the islands with Dr. George Henry Kingsley in 1870, he was stricken by his wife's charm and beauty and referred to the king and queen as "Beauty and the Beast."

Ancestry