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Teriitaria II

c. 1790–1858 · 19th century

Teriitaria II (c. 1790–1858) was queen of Huahine in the Society Islands from 1815 and a wife of King Pōmare II of Tahiti. She supported the London Missionary Society and led Huahine in resisting French claims during the Franco-Tahitian War of the 1840s. She was deposed by Huahine's chiefs in 1852.

Teriitaria II
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Kingdom of Huahine

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Teriitaria II. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/teriitaria-ii
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