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Victoria Pōmare

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26: 194:, whom Queen Pōmare had constantly written to in her time of crisis, asking for military protection and justice. The flag of Tahiti was also changed with the letters "Victoria ea Pomare" added, as a further gesture for the British to intervene on the Tahitians' behalf. Although Queen Victoria was sympathetic and touched by Queen Pōmare's letters, the Tahitian Queen's pleas fell on deaf ears due to the distance and Britain's reluctance to fight another war with France. The French crushed the Tahitian forces and ravaged the other three kingdoms in the archipelago. However, British sympathy was aroused enough to save Tahiti from total destruction and prevent the other 228:
condition required more than ordinary kindness and attention, and in this instance her offspring has proved the sacrifice. Another thing that adds to the bitterness of her grief is, that she had christened the babe after our gracious queen, and was in hopes that Victoria would reciprocate the compliment, by calling some future daughter Pomare. With the loss of this infant, she feels her inward faith of support from Britain dying from her.
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family of England from Pomare's children, included Victoria's name along with her siblings', which may indicate that she was still alive. Her early death struck her mother hard, and she was inconsolable for her loss. Queen Pōmare refused to eat or drink for three days and nights; the Tahitians
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She seems to have clung the more to this child from its having been the child of her afflictions: born, as it was, in the midst of her troubles, when she sought refuge in the mountains from the French. Poor woman! her trials and difficulties have usually come upon her when the delicacy of her
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Before the conflict ended, Princess Victoria died. The exact date of her death is uncertain. According to the English merchant Edward Lucett, the news of the infant's death arrived by June 21, 1845; however, a letter dated to November 24 of the same year, written to the
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had also been raised and educated by the missionaries on Moorea, attending the South Sea Academy at Papetoai. However, the young princess' premature death prevented this plan.
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recounted that "her grief very sore." Edward Lucett, a British merchant and ship-owner present at the time, described the Queen's loss:
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The Night of Toil: or, A Familiar Account of the Labors of the First Missionaries in the South Sea Islands
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The Queen had once promised that when Victoria grew older she would place her child under the care of the
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once stood. The land had been provided for the family by Queen Pōmare's cousin the reigning Raiatean King
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following the Franco-Tahitian War, which guaranteed the independence of the kingdoms of
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while her mother was exiled there. She had three older brothers: Ariʻiaue,
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to escape from the French colonial authorities and the violence of the
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Rovings in the Pacific, from 1837 to 1849: with a glance at California
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Queen Pōmare and her family during the French invasion of Tahiti, 1845
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from falling to the same fate as Tahiti with the signing of the
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in hopes of a British intercession in the conflict.
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Mato Teri’i Tepoara’i (= 30) 64:Pōmare Royal Cemetery, Papaʻoa, 1224:London Missionary Society 1846 1159:London Missionary Society 1845 1: 1407:Royalty who died as children 1347:Queen Pomare and Her Country 260:Ancestors of Victoria Pōmare 1412:Daughters of queens regnant 1236:Pritchard & Pomare 1878 240:stationed on the island of 161:. After the French invaded 1428: 977: 865: 857: 746: 636: 632: 515: 403: 395: 287: 272: 157:and an older sister named 1342:Pomare (queen of Tahiti.) 1301:London Missionary Society 1291:London Missionary Society 1283:London Missionary Society 1273:London Missionary Society 1251:Craig, Robert D. (2002). 1041: 1033: 1008: 989: 985: 952: 933: 925: 896: 873: 869: 829: 810: 802: 777: 758: 754: 718: 699: 691: 663: 644: 640: 598: 579: 571: 546: 527: 523: 490: 471: 463: 434: 411: 407: 367: 349: 341: 317: 299: 295: 238:London Missionary Society 23: 1054:31. Te-ha’apapa I (= 23) 592:23. Te-ha’apapa I (= 31) 1308:Lucett, Edward (1851). 1299:. Vol. 3. London: 1281:. Vol. 2. London: 946:29. Tu-rai-ariʻi (= 21) 657:24. Teu Tunuieaite Atua 484:21. Tu-rai-ariʻi (= 29) 1356:Ward, Adolphus William 230: 107:Victoria Pōmare-vahine 19:Victoria Pōmare-vahine 1360:Gooch, George Peabody 1212:Ward & Gooch 1922 771:26. Teihotu-i-Ahura’i 712:25. Tetupaia-i-Hauiri 225: 1320:Mortimer, Favell Lee 236:missionaries of the 1226:, pp. 248–251. 1149:, pp. 420–421. 173:Franco-Tahitian War 127:Franco-Tahitian War 119:Ariʻifaʻaite a Hiro 89:Ariʻifaʻaite a Hiro 507:5. Teihotu Taʻavea 279:4. Ariʻipeu-a-Hiro 177:Taputapuatea marae 1338:Pritchard, George 1134:, pp. 72–74. 1104: 1103: 1100: 1099: 244:. Her uncle King 234:Congregationalist 200:Jarnac Convention 104: 103: 1419: 1373: 1351: 1333: 1315: 1304: 1286: 1268: 1239: 1233: 1227: 1221: 1215: 1209: 1203: 1197: 1191: 1185: 1179: 1173: 1162: 1156: 1150: 1144: 1135: 1129: 1123: 1117: 266: 257: 117:and her husband 28: 16: 1427: 1426: 1422: 1421: 1420: 1418: 1417: 1416: 1377: 1376: 1354: 1336: 1318: 1307: 1289: 1271: 1265: 1250: 1247: 1242: 1234: 1230: 1222: 1218: 1210: 1206: 1198: 1194: 1186: 1182: 1174: 1165: 1157: 1153: 1145: 1138: 1130: 1126: 1118: 1114: 1110: 1105: 617:Victoria Pōmare 254: 196:Society Islands 143: 79:House of Pōmare 68: 52: 40: 31: 12: 11: 5: 1425: 1423: 1415: 1414: 1409: 1404: 1402:Pōmare dynasty 1399: 1394: 1389: 1379: 1378: 1375: 1374: 1352: 1334: 1316: 1305: 1287: 1269: 1263: 1246: 1243: 1241: 1240: 1228: 1216: 1214:, p. 183. 1204: 1202:, p. 107. 1192: 1190:, p. 424. 1180: 1178:, p. 127. 1163: 1161:, p. 252. 1151: 1136: 1124: 1122:, p. 422. 1111: 1109: 1106: 1102: 1101: 1098: 1097: 1095: 1093: 1091: 1089: 1087: 1085: 1083: 1081: 1079: 1077: 1075: 1073: 1071: 1069: 1067: 1065: 1062: 1061: 1059: 1056: 1055: 1052: 1049: 1048: 1045: 1044: 1042: 1040: 1038: 1035: 1034: 1032: 1029: 1028: 1026: 1023: 1020: 1019: 1016: 1015: 1013: 1010: 1009: 1007: 1004: 1003: 1000: 997: 996: 993: 992: 990: 988: 986: 984: 982: 979: 978: 976: 973: 972: 970: 967: 964: 963: 960: 959: 957: 954: 953: 951: 948: 947: 944: 941: 940: 937: 936: 934: 932: 930: 927: 926: 924: 921: 920: 918: 911: 908: 907: 904: 903: 901: 898: 897: 895: 892: 891: 884: 881: 880: 877: 876: 874: 872: 870: 868: 866: 864: 862: 859: 858: 856: 853: 852: 850: 844: 841: 840: 837: 836: 834: 831: 830: 828: 825: 824: 821: 818: 817: 814: 813: 811: 809: 807: 804: 803: 801: 798: 797: 795: 792: 789: 788: 785: 784: 782: 779: 778: 776: 773: 772: 769: 766: 765: 762: 761: 759: 757: 755: 753: 751: 748: 747: 745: 742: 741: 739: 733: 730: 729: 726: 725: 723: 720: 719: 717: 714: 713: 710: 707: 706: 703: 702: 700: 698: 696: 693: 692: 690: 687: 686: 684: 678: 675: 674: 671: 670: 668: 665: 664: 662: 659: 658: 655: 652: 651: 648: 647: 645: 643: 641: 639: 637: 635: 633: 631: 629: 626: 625: 622: 621: 619: 613: 610: 609: 606: 605: 603: 600: 599: 597: 594: 593: 590: 587: 586: 583: 582: 580: 578: 576: 573: 572: 570: 567: 566: 564: 561: 558: 557: 554: 553: 551: 548: 547: 545: 542: 541: 538: 535: 534: 531: 530: 528: 526: 524: 522: 520: 517: 516: 514: 511: 510: 508: 505: 502: 501: 498: 497: 495: 492: 491: 489: 486: 485: 482: 479: 478: 475: 474: 472: 470: 468: 465: 464: 462: 459: 458: 456: 449: 446: 445: 442: 441: 439: 436: 435: 433: 430: 429: 422: 419: 418: 415: 414: 412: 410: 408: 406: 404: 402: 400: 397: 396: 394: 391: 390: 388: 382: 379: 378: 375: 374: 372: 369: 368: 366: 363: 362: 360: 357: 356: 353: 352: 350: 348: 346: 343: 342: 340: 337: 336: 334: 332: 329: 328: 325: 324: 322: 319: 318: 316: 313: 312: 310: 307: 306: 303: 302: 300: 298: 296: 294: 292: 289: 288: 286: 283: 282: 280: 277: 275: 273: 271: 269: 262: 261: 255: 253: 250: 192:Queen Victoria 159:Teriʻimaevarua 142: 139: 135:Queen Victoria 123:Pōmare Dynasty 121:. 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Index


Raiatea
Raiatea
ʻArue
House
House of Pōmare
Ariʻifaʻaite a Hiro
Pōmare IV
Pōmare IV
Tahiti
Ariʻifaʻaite a Hiro
Pōmare Dynasty
Franco-Tahitian War
Raiatea
Queen Victoria
Raiatea
Teretane
Tamatoa
Teriʻimaevarua
Tahiti
Carysfort
Franco-Tahitian War
Taputapuatea marae
Tamatoa IV
Papeete
Queen Victoria
Society Islands
Jarnac Convention
Bora Bora
Huahine

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