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Tapoa I (c. 1772–1812) was the king of the Tahitian island of Bora Bora from 1778 to 1812.

He had a daughter named Maevarua, recognized as supreme chief or "Arii rahi" of Tahaa and Bora Bora. She died on July 14, 1809 in Raiatea. He was the grandfather of Tapoa II whose mother was Maevarua. Other sources say that he was the father of Tapoa II. After the death of his daughter, the regency of his little son was entrusted to the chief Fenuapeho of Tahaa. With the help of the other chiefs of the Leeward Islands, he provided military support to Pomare II to restore him to his lands at Tahiti in 1810. He died at the end of September 1812 in Tahiti.

Ancestry

References

Citations

1. "John Davies, Tahiti, Fiji".
2. ^ Williams 1837, p. 374.
3. Pichevin 2013, p. 193.
4. Henry & Orsmond 1928, p. 259.
5. "Original Correspondence". The Sydney Herald. Vol. II, no. 89. New South Wales, Australia. Sep 3, 1832. p. 1 (Supplement to the Sydney Herald.) – via National Library of Australia.
6. Pichevin 2013, p. 192.
7. "Letters mainly from missionaries in Tahiti, or sailing to and from Tahiti".

Sources

• Baré, Jean-François (1987). Tahiti, les temps et les pouvoirs: pour une anthropologie historique du Tahiti post-européen (in French). Paris: ORSTOM, Institut français de recherche scientifique pour le développement en coopération. ISBN 978-2-7099-0847-4. OCLC 16654716.
• Pichevin, Bernard (2013). Généalogies et Histoire de Tahiti et des îles de la Société (in French). Tahiti: Au vent des îles. ISBN 978-2-36734-008-1.
• Ellis, William (1834). Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands. Vol. II (2nd ed.). London: Fisher, Son, & Jackson. OCLC 1061902349.
• Ellis, William (1831). Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in The Society and Sandwich Islands. Vol. III (2nd ed.). London: Fisher, Son & Jackson. OCLC 221587368.
• Henry, Teuira; Orsmond, John Muggridge (1928). Ancient Tahiti. Vol. 48. Honolulu: Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. OCLC 3049679. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
• Williams, John (1837). A narrative of missionary enterprises in the South Sea Islands : with remarks upon the natural history of the islands, origin, languages, traditions, and usages of the inhabitants. London: J. Snow.

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