# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/potatau-te-wherowhero
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:35:42.626Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/potatau-te-wherowhero"
name: "Pōtatau Te Wherowhero"
slug: "potatau-te-wherowhero"
description: "Pōtatau Te Wherowhero was a Māori rangatira who reigned as the inaugural Māori King from 1858 until his death. A powerful nobleman and a leader of the Waikato iwi of the Tainui confederation, he was the founder of the Te Wherowhero royal dynasty. His 1858 coronation followed years of efforts to create the Kīngitanga, a Māori monarchy intended as an equivalent of the British monarchy, and to foster Māori nationalism against settler encroachment."
tagline: "The first Māori king"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P%C5%8Dtatau_Te_Wherowhero_by_George_French_Angas.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1775"
deathDate: "1860-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.27
  momentum:             0.1669758812615955
  historical:           10.81243066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  235
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%83_%D0%A2%D0%B5_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Потатау Те Фероферо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%8Dtatau_Te_Wherowhero"
    title: "Pōtatau Te Wherowhero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%8Dtatau_Te_Wherowhero"
    title: "Pōtatau Te Wherowhero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%8Dtatau_Te_Wherowhero"
    title: "Pōtatau Te Wherowhero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potatau_Te_Wherowhero"
    title: "Potatau Te Wherowhero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%98%D7%90%D7%98%D7%90%D7%95"
    title: "פוטאטאו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%8Dtatau_Te_Wherowhero"
    title: "Pōtatau Te Wherowhero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%8Dtatau_Te_Wherowhero"
    title: "Pōtatau Te Wherowhero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%8Dtatau_Te_Wherowhero"
    title: "Pōtatau Te Wherowhero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%82%BF%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A6"
    title: "ポタタウ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potatau_I"
    title: "Potatau I"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%83_%D0%A2%D0%B5_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Потатау Те Фероферо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887437"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump