Pōmare III

Pōmare III
Pōmare III, drawing from montage by Madame Sophia Hoare, 1885.
King of Tahiti
Reign7 December 1821 – 8 January 1827
Coronation21 April 1824
PredecessorPōmare II
SuccessorPōmare IV
RegentTeriʻitoʻoterai Tere-moe-moe
Teriʻitariʻa Ariʻipaea Vahine
five principal chiefs of Tahiti
Born(1820-06-25)25 June 1820
Military Hospital, Papofai
Died8 January 1827(1827-01-08) (aged 6)
Papetoai, Moʻorea
Burial
Pōmare Royal Cemetery, Papaʻoa, ʻArue
Names
Teriʻitariʻa Pōmare III
HouseHouse of Pōmare
FatherPōmare II
MotherTeriʻitoʻoterai Tere-moe-moe
ReligionReformed

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