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Tahiti: Pōmare IV, Queen of Tahiti (28 February 1813 - 17 September 1877)

Pōmare IV, Queen of Tahiti (28 February 1813 - 17 September 1877), more properly ʻAimata Pōmare IV Vahine-o-Punuateraʻitua (otherwise known as ʻAimata - meaning: eye-eater, after an old custom of the ruler to eat the eye of the defeated foe - or simply as Pōmare IV), was the queen of Tahiti between 1827 and 1877.

She was the fourth monarch descended from the Pōmare dynasty. She was the daughter of Pōmare II. She succeeded as ruler of Tahiti after the death of her brother Pōmare III when she was only 14 years old. She succeeded in reuniting Raʻiatea and Porapora (Borabora) with the kingdom of Tahiti. She ruled under the French administration from 1843 until 1877. Pomare IV is buried in the Royal Mausoleum, Papaʻoa, ʻArue. She was succeeded by Pōmare V, who reigned 1877-1880.