Marama Teururai


Prince Marama Teururai later known as Regent Marama was a member of a Tahitian royal family which reigned on the Tahitian island of Huahine during the 19th century.
He was designated as a crown prince of Huahine when his father became king of Huahine in 1852. He never became king of Huahine.

Biography

Prince Marama Teururai was born at Huahine in 1851.
He was the second son of King Ari'imate. His mother, Princess Maerehia Teha'apapa of Raiatea, was the only living child of King Tamatoa IV of Raiatea. She became Queen regnant of Huahine under the reign name of Teha'apapa II after her husband was deposed in 1868.

Regency

He succeeded his younger brother as prime minister to their mother Queen Teha'apapa in 1884. He acted also as Regent from 1884 to 1895.
He accepted the French protectorate on the kingdom in 1890, became regent from 1893 to 1895 to his eldest daughter Queen Teha'apapa, the last sovereign.
He finally signed the annexation of his State in favor of France which annexed his kingdom on 1897.

Marriage and issue

He married Princess Tetuamarama of Rurutu and had eight children but only three of them let a descendant:
Their children remain the pretendant to the royal family of Huahine since the end of the monarchy on this island.
Regent Marama died at Huahine in 1909.

Ancestry