Pōmare III

Pōmare III
King of Tahiti
Pōmare III, drawing from montage by Madame Sarah Hoare, 1880.
Reign	7 December 1821 – 8 January 1827
Coronation	21 April 1824
Predecessor	Pōmare II
Successor	Pōmare IV
Regent	Teriʻitariʻa Ariʻipaeavahine Teriʻitoʻoterai Teremoemoe five principal chiefs
Born	(1820-06-25)25 June 1820 Papaʻoa, ʻArue
Died	Papetoai, Moʻorea
Burial	Pōmare Royal Cemetery, Papaʻoa, ʻArue
Full name Teriʻitariʻa Pōmare III
House	House of Pōmare
Father	Pōmare II
Mother	Teriʻitoʻoterai Teremoemoe
Religion	Protestanism

Pōmare III (1820–1827), more properly Teriʻitariʻa Pōmare III, was the king of Tahiti between 1821 and 1827. He was the second son of King Pōmare II and his wife Queen Teriʻitoʻoterai Teremoemoe. Sources differ on his relation to his sister with missionary sources citing them as half-siblings while later sources cited Teremoemoe as both of their mother.

He was born at Papaʻoa, ʻArue, 25 June 1820 as Teriʻitariʻa, and was baptised 10 September 1820. He succeeded to the throne on the death of his father 7 December 1821. He was crowned at Papaʻoa, ʻArue, 21 April 1824.

He ruled under the regency of his mother Queen Teriʻitoʻoterai Teremoemoe, his aunt and stepmother Teriʻitariʻa Ariʻipaeavahine, and the five principal chiefs of Tahiti due to his minority.

Pōmare III's education took place at the South Sea Academy, Papetoai, Moʻorea. He reigned under a council of Regency until his death 8 January 1827 from dysentery.

He was succeeded by his sister, ʻAimata Pōmare IV Vahine-o-Punuateraʻitua, who reigned 1827–1877.

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Regnal titles
Preceded by Pōmare II	King of Tahiti 1821–1827	Succeeded by Pōmare IV