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Tapoa II (c. 1806–1860) also known as Teri'inohorai was the king of the Tahitian island of Bora Bora from 1831 to 1860.[1] He was also a Royal consort of Tahiti as husband of Pōmare IV, Queen regnant of Tahiti.
Tapoa II was born in 1806.[2] He was either the son or, according to some sources, the grandson of Tapoa I, the king of Taha'a and Bora Bora. In September 1814, during his enforced stay in the Leeward Islands, Pōmare II betrothed his daughter, Aimata (later Pōmare IV), to Teriʻinohorai and appointed him titular chief of Taha'a, under the regency of Fenuapeho. In early 1816, a coalition of traditionalists allied with Fenuapeho in opposition to Tamatoa III and his faction of Pure Atua, or Christian converts. Although Fenuapeho was ultimately defeated, he retained his title as chief of Taha'a, but under the suzerainty of Tamatoa III. Teri'inohorai latter married Pōmare IV on 18 December 1822 in Huahine. Following the conclusion of the War of the Leeward Islands on 3 March 1832, Tapoa II was separated from his first wife, Queen Pōmare IV of Tahiti, who subsequently married her cousin Ari'ifaaite on 3 December 1832.[3][4] Tapoa II later married Tapoa Vahine.[5] In accordance with the peace agreement reached around mid-1832 among the chiefs concerning the division of the kingdoms of the Leeward Islands, Tapoa was crowned king of Bora Bora, Maupiti, Tupai, and Maupiha'a on 30 September 1840, with the consent of Ma'i III and Tefa'aora II, under the title Teari'imaevarua.[6][7][8]
In the absence of biological offspring from his unions with Queen Pōmare IV and subsequently Tapoa Vahine, King Tapoa undertook a dynastic adoption to secure succession. At infancy, he and his consort adopted the sole daughter of Queen Pōmare IV, bestowing upon her the name Maevarua and formally designating her as the heir to the throne of Bora Bora.[9][10][11] From mid-July 1844 to 1847, alongside Tamatoa IV and Teri'itaria II, he supported Queen Pōmare IV during the Franco-Tahitian War. This conflict ultimately concluded with the adoption of the Jarnac Convention and the restoration of Pōmare IV as sovereign of Tahiti and its dependencies. Tapoa II died on 19 May 1860 in Bora Bora.[12] His adopted daughter succeeded him and was formally crowned under the title Teriimaevarua II on 3 August 1860, in a ceremony officiated by missionary George Platt.[13][14]Tapoa Vahine died of illness on 11 April 1869 in Huahine. Her remains were repatriated to her native island of Bora Bora. She was accompanied by Queen Teha'apapa II, Ari'imate and a large delegation from Huahine who paid tribute to her.[15]
