Tamatoa III

Tamatoa III (c. 1757 – 1831) was the King of Raiatea from 1820 to 1831.[1][2][3]

Tamatoa III
King of Raiatea
Reign1820 – 10 July 1831
SuccessorTamatoa IV
Bornc. 1757
Died10 July 1831
FatherVete'ara'i 'U'uru, Ariʻi of Opoa
MotherMai-he'a Te-hani

U'uru, or Vetea-ra'i-'u'uru, was the son of Tamatoa II by his third wife. He was the ari'i maro 'ura, high chief, at 'Opoa on Raiatea, during Captain Cook's visit in 1773.[4]

Family

References

  1. Royal Ark
  2. Royal Ark
  3. Genealogy
  4. Salmond, Anne (2010). Aphrodite's Island. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 249, 286. ISBN 9780520261143.
  5. Henry & Orsmond 1928, p. 248.
Regnal titles
Preceded by
King of Raiatea
1820–1831
Succeeded by
Tamatoa IV


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