Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho

Names
	Nanasipauʻu Vaea

Nanasipauʻu
Nanasipauʻu
	Queen Nanasipauʻu in 2019
Queen consort of Tonga
Tenure	18 March 2012 – present
Coronation	4 July 2015
Born	Nanasipauʻu Vaea; 8 March 1954 (age 70); Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga
Spouse	Tupou VI (m. 1982)
Issue	Princess Latufuipeka; Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala; Prince Ata
Names
Names
	Nanasipauʻu Vaea
Father	Baron Vaea
Mother	Baroness Tuputupu Vaea

Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho (née Nanasipauʻu Vaea; born 8 March 1954) is Queen of Tonga as the wife of King Tupou VI.

Early life

Nanasipauʻu Vaea is the daughter of the late Baron Vaea, a former Prime Minister of Tonga from 1991 to 2000, and the late Baroness Tuputupu Vaea.^[2] She has six siblings:

Dowager Lady Luseane Luani, born Luseane Vaea (widow of Sione Laumanuʻuli Luani).
ʻAlipate Tuʻivanuavou, Lord Vaea, who married the sister of Lord Fakafānua, Siatukimoana Fakafānua Vaea, The Honourable Lady Vaea. She is the paternal aunt of Crown Princess Sinaitakala.
Lady ʻAmelia Luoluafetuʻu, born ʻAmelia Luoluafetuʻu Vaea (former-wife of The Noble Lasike).
Dame Cassandra Vaea, (formerly Cassandra Tuku'aho) former-wife of Prince Tuipelehake (formerly Viliami Sione Ngu Takeivulai Tuku'aho) son of Tu'ipelehake (Mailefihi) and his former wife Mele Vikatolia Faletau.
Moimoikimofuta Kaifahina Vaea.
Ratu Edward Palalaika 'a Tungi Vaea.^[2]

Marriage and family

She was married at the Chapel Royal, at the Royal Palace, in Nukuʻalofa on 11 December 1982 to Tupou VI. The couple have three children^[3] and four grandchildren.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Their eldest child, Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho (Angelika Lātūfuipeka Halaevalu Mataʻaho Napua-o-kalani Tukuʻaho), born on November 17, 1983, has been the High Commissioner to Australia since August 22, 2012.^[8]

Their second child, Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala (Siaosi Manumataongo ʻAlaivahamamaʻo ʻAhoʻeitu Konstantin Tukuʻaho), born on September 17, 1985, married his second cousin, Sinaitakala Fakafanua, on July 12, 2012.^[9] They have four children: Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo (born May 10, 2013),^[10] Princess Halaevalu Mataʻaho (born July 12, 2015),^[11] Princess Nanasipauʻu (born March 20, 2018),^[12] and Princess Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu (born February 25, 2021).^[13]

Their third child is Prince Ata (Viliami ʻUnuaki-ʻo-Tonga Mumui Lalaka-Mo-e-ʻEiki Tukuʻaho), born on April 27, 1988.^[14]

Notable published works

Kaeppler, A.L.; Taumoefolau, M.; Tukuʻaho, N., & Wood-Ellem, E. (2004): Songs and poems of Queen Salote. ISBN 978-982-213-008-9

Honours

Orders

Tonga:
- Member of the King George Tupou V Royal Family Order (1 August 2011)^{[citation needed]}
- Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Salote Tupou III (30 June 2015)^[15]
- Dame Grand Cross, Special Class of the Most Devoted Order of the Royal Household

Medals

Tonga:
- Recipient of the King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Coronation Silver Jubilee Medal (4 July 1992)^{[citation needed]}
- Recipient of the King George Tupou V Coronation Medal (1 August 2008)^{[citation needed]}
- Recipient of the King George Tupou VI Coronation Medal (4 July 2015)^{[citation needed]}

Ancestry

Ancestors of Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho

8. George Tupou II

4. Vīlai Tupou

9. Tupou Moheofo

2. Baron Vaea

10. Siosaia Pau'uvale Loloa'atonga, 13th Noble Vaea

5. Tupouseini Manumatavai Vaea

11. Kalolaine Tongilava

1. Nanasipau'u Tuku'aho

12. Siotame Fakatulolo, 6th Noble Ma'afu

6. Siosaia Siotame Lausi'i, 7th Noble Ma'afu

13. Teisa Vaka Sateki

3. Tuputupukipulotu Lausi'i

14. Sione Lamipeti Mafile'o

7. 'Anaukihesina Lamipeti

15. 'Alilia Funakitoutai Tapueluelu

Family tree

Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua line

Tuʻi Tonga line

Tuʻi Kanokupolu line

Kalolaine Fusimatalili

George Tupou I

Fīnau Kaunanga

Fifita Vavʻau

Tēvita ʻUnga

Sālote Mafile‘o Pilolevu

Filiaipulotu

Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku

Fatafehi Toutaitokotaha

Lavinia Veiongo

George Tupou II

ʻAnaseini Takipō

Viliami Tungī Mailefihi

Sālote Tupou III

Vīlai Tupou (illegitimate son)

Tupou Seini

Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV

Halaevalu Mataʻaho
ʻAhomeʻe

Siaosi 'Alipate Tupou, Baron Vaea

Tuputupu Ma'afu-'o-Tukuialahi

George Tupou V

Tupou VI

Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho

Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala

Sinaitakala Fakafanua

Taufaʻahau Manumataongo

Reference:

Fox, James J.; Sather, Clifford (1996). Origins, Ancestry and Alliance: Explorations in Austronesian Ethnography. Canberra: Department of Anthropology, Australian National University. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-7315-2432-7. OCLC 245762652.
Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois; D.C. (2008). The Pacific Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-19-284238-1. OCLC 236158882.
Völkel, Svenja (2010). Social Structure, Space and Possession in Tongan Culture and Language: An Ethnolinguistic Study. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 978-90-272-0283-3.
Wood-Ellem, Elizabeth (1999). Queen Sālote of Tonga: The Story of an Era 1900-1965. Auckland, N.Z: Auckland University Press. p. front. ISBN 978-0-8248-2529-4. OCLC 262293605.

References

^ Tonga Broadcasting Archived 2015-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b "Baron Vaea passes away after a long life of service". Matangi Tonga. 8 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ "Royal Family Members". Tongan Royal Palace. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
^ "New Tongan heir, Prince Taufa'ahau Manumataongo born May 10 in Auckland". Matangi Tonga. 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ "Tonga's new Princess Halaevalu Mata'aho". Matangi Tonga. 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ "New Princess born – HRH Princess Nanasipau'u". Matangi Tonga. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ "Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu – Tonga's new baby Princess". Matangi Tonga. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ "Princess Latufuipeka appointed Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia". Tonga Government Portal. 2012-08-26. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ Pearlman, Jonathan (12 July 2012). "Tongan crown prince marries second cousin". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
^ "New Tongan heir, Prince Taufa'ahau Manumataongo born May 10 in Auckland". Matangi Tonga. 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ "Tonga's new Princess Halaevalu Mata'aho". Matangi Tonga. 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ "New Princess born – HRH Princess Nanasipau'u". Matangi Tonga. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ "Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu – Tonga's new baby Princess". Matangi Tonga. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
^ "Royal Family Members". Tongan Royal Palace. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
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Vacant Title last held by Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe	Queen consort of Tonga 2012–Present	Incumbent

[1] Tonga Broadcasting Archived 2015-01-11 at the Wayback Machine

[matangi2-2] "Baron Vaea passes away after a long life of service". Matangi Tonga. 8 June 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[:0-3] "Royal Family Members". Tongan Royal Palace. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

[:1-4] "New Tongan heir, Prince Taufa'ahau Manumataongo born May 10 in Auckland". Matangi Tonga. 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

[:2-5] "Tonga's new Princess Halaevalu Mata'aho". Matangi Tonga. 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

[:3-6] "New Princess born – HRH Princess Nanasipau'u". Matangi Tonga. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

[:4-7] "Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu – Tonga's new baby Princess". Matangi Tonga. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

[8] "Princess Latufuipeka appointed Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia". Tonga Government Portal. 2012-08-26. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

[9] Pearlman, Jonathan (12 July 2012). "Tongan crown prince marries second cousin". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[:12-10] "New Tongan heir, Prince Taufa'ahau Manumataongo born May 10 in Auckland". Matangi Tonga. 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

[:22-11] "Tonga's new Princess Halaevalu Mata'aho". Matangi Tonga. 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

[:32-12] "New Princess born – HRH Princess Nanasipau'u". Matangi Tonga. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

[:42-13] "Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu – Tonga's new baby Princess". Matangi Tonga. 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2023-09-24.

[:02-14] "Royal Family Members". Tongan Royal Palace. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

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