Pōmare IV
| Pōmare IV | |||||
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| Queen of Tahiti | |||||
| Reign | 11 January 1827 – 17 September 1877 | ||||
| Predecessor | Pōmare III | ||||
| Successor | Pōmare V | ||||
| Regent | Teriʻitariʻa Ariʻipaeavahine Teriʻitoʻoterai Teremoemoe Council of Chiefs | ||||
| Born | 28 February 1813 Pare, Tahiti | ||||
| Died | 17 September 1877 (aged 64) Royal Palace, Papeete, Tahiti | ||||
| Burial | Pōmare Royal Cemetery, Papaʻoa, ʻArue | ||||
| Spouse | Tapoa II Ariʻifaʻaite | ||||
| Issue among others | Ariʻiaue Pōmare V Teriʻimaevarua II Tamatoa V Punuariʻi Teriʻitapunui Teriʻitua Tuavira | ||||
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| House | House of Pōmare | ||||
| Father | Pōmare II | ||||
| Mother | Teriʻitoʻoterai Tere-moe-moe | ||||
| Religion | Reformed | ||||
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Pōmare IV (28 February 1813 – 17 September 1877), more properly ʻAimata Pōmare IV Vahine-o-Punuateraʻitua (otherwise known as ʻAimata – "eye-eater", after an old custom of the ruler to eat the eye of the defeated foe), was the Queen of Tahiti between 1827 and 1877. She was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Tahiti.