Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho

Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho, (née The Honourable Nanasipauʻu Vaea; born 8 March 1954) is Queen of Tonga since 2012, as the wife of King Tupou VI.

Nanasipauʻu
Queen Nanasipauʻu in 2019
Queen consort of Tonga
Tenure	18 March 2012 – present
Coronation	4 July 2015^[1]
Born	(1954-03-08) 8 March 1954 (age 68) Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Spouse	Tupou VI ​ (m. 1982)​
Issue	Princess Latufuipeka Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala Prince Ata
Names Nanasipauʻu Vaea
Father	Baron Vaea
Mother	Baroness Tuputupu Vaea
Religion	Methodism

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

She was married at the Chapel Royal, at the Royal Palace, in Nukuʻalofa on 11 December 1982 to Tupou VI and the couple have three children and four grandchildren:^{[citation needed]}

• Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho - ʻAngelika Lātūfuipeka Halaʻevalu Mataʻaho Napuaʻokalani Tukuʻaho (17 November 1983).
  She followed her father's steps to be the current High Commissioner to Australia since 22 August 2012.
• Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala – Siaosi Manumataongo ʻAlaivahamamaʻo ʻAhoʻeitu Konstantin Tukuʻaho (17 September 1985, Nukuʻalofa).
  He married on 12 July 2012 the Sinaitakala Fakafanua, daughter of High Chief Kinikinilau Fakafanua and Princess Ofeina, Lady Fakafanua, both King Tupou VI's first cousins.^{[citation needed]} They have a son and 3 daughters:
  • Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo – Taufaʻahau Manumataongo (born 10 May 2013, Auckland City Hospital).
  • Princess Halaevalu Mata'aho (born 12 July 2015, Auckland City Hospital).
  • Princess Nanasipau’u (born March 20, 2018, Auckland Hospital in Auckland).
  • Princess Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu (born February 25, 2021, Calvary Hospital in Canberra).
• Prince Ata – Viliami ʻUnuaki-ʻo-Tonga Mumui Lalaka-Mo-e-ʻEiki Tukuʻaho (Nukuʻalofa, 27 April 1988).

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

Titles and honours

• 8 March 1954 – 11 December 1982: The Honorable Nanasipauʻu Vaea
• 11 December 1982 – 10 September 2006: Her Royal Highness Princess Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho of Tonga
• 10 September 2006 – 18 March 2012: Her Royal Highness Princess Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho, The Crown Princess of Tonga^[3]
• Since 18 March 2012: Her Majesty Queen Nanasipauʻu, The Queen of Tonga

Honours

Orders

•   Tonga:
  •   Recipient of the King George Tupou V Royal Family Order (1 August 2011)^{[citation needed]}
  •   Dame Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Queen Salote Tupou III (30 June 2015)^[4]
  •   Dame Grand Cross of the Most Devoted Order of the Royal Household Order of Tonga

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

v t e Tupou 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
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

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Queen Nanasipauʻu of Tonga.

1. Tonga Broadcasting 2015-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Baron Vaea passes away after a long life of service". Matangi Tonga. 8 June 2009. from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
3. Taimi Online,
4. Radionz

Vacant Title last held by Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe

Queen consort of Tonga 2012–Present

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