Kingdom of Bora Bora

Kingdom of Bora-Bora
Royaume de Bora-Bora
Early 19th century–1895
Flag of Bora-Bora
Flag
CapitalNunue
Vaitape
Common languages
Religion
Tahitian, Christianity
GovernmentMonarchy
Monarch 
• 1778–1812
Tapoa I (first)
• 1873–1895
Teriimaevarua III (last)
History 
• Established
Early 19th century
19 March 1888
• Abdication of Teriimaevarua III
21 September 1895
CurrencyFrench franc
Pound sterling
Succeeded by
French Polynesia

The Kingdom of Bora Bora was established during the early 19th century with the unification of the island of Bora Bora and official recognition by France and the United Kingdom in 1847 through the Jarnac Convention. It was one of a number of independent Polynesian states in the Society Islands, alongside Tahiti, Huahine and Raiatea in the 19th century, which all shared a similar language and culture and whose rulers were interrelated by marriage. Besides Bora Bora, the Kingdom encompassed the islands of Tupai, Maupiti, Maupihaa, Motu One, and Manuae. The Kingdom was finally annexed to France in 1888 and its last queen Teriimaevarua III was replaced by a French vice-resident in 1895.[1]: 211 

  1. ^ Newbury, Colin W. (1980). Tahiti Nui: Change and Survival in French Polynesia, 1767–1945. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. hdl:10125/62908. ISBN 978-0-8248-8032-3. OCLC 1053883377. Retrieved 12 August 2023.