Teuhe


Te-mari'i-a-Teurura'i Ma'i-hara Te-uhe was a Polynesian queen who reigned, during the 19th century, on the kingdom of Huahine under the reign name Teuhe; her name had also been given as Teuhe II. She belongs to the Teururai family of Huahine.

Family

She was born at Huahine, ca. 1840. She was the eldest daughter of Queen Tehaapapa II and King Arii-mate of Huahine.
She was proclaimed as Queen Teuhe during an insurrection against France on February 22, 1888 and fled to Tahiti to seek protection under her former husband, Pomare V, 22 July 1890.

Marriage

She married as his first wife, at Huahine, on 11 November 1857, Pōmare V, King of Tahiti, eldest surviving son of Pōmare IV, Queen of Tahiti, by her second husband, by whom she had issue one son and one daughter. They divorced on 5 August 1861.
She died without issues at Papeete, 21 August 1891.

Ancestry