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

Tamatoa III (c. 1757 – 1831) was the King of Raiatea from 1820 to 1831.

His father was U'uru, or Vetea-ra'i-'u'uru, who was the son of Tamatoa II by his third wife. His father was the ari'i maro 'ura, high chief, at 'Opoa on Raiatea, during Captain James Cook's visit in 1773.[1]

Family

References

  1. Salmond, Anne (2010). Aphrodite's Island. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 249, 286. ISBN 9780520261143.
  2. Henry & Orsmond 1928, p. 248.


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