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Falakika Seilala
Falakika Seilala (died 20 February 1869), was a Queen of Uvea, ruling from 1858 until 1869. She introduced the title ''Lavelua'' for all the kings and queens of Uvea. She succeeded her brother Soane-Patita Vaimua Lavelua, and was succeeded by her paternal niece Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki. Biography A member of the Takumasiva dynasty, she acceded to the throne on 5 December 1858, a few weeks after the death of her brother Soane-Patita Vaimua Lavelua, who chose her to succeed him. The Catholic mission played an important role in her nomination, with Jean-Claude Roux saying they "pushed erto the throne". In 1859, she encountered difficulties with a French merchant, who had to leave Wallis. Her coming to power revived conflicts between Catholics and Protestants, converted by Wesleyan missionaries (Methodists) from Tonga. Thus, in 1866, she refused to grant the islanders religious freedom, as requested by the captain of a Royal Navy ship who had come to support the Protestants, and al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Kings Of Uvea
The King of Uvea is known as the Lavelua. This is a list of the rulers of the polity of Uvea, which is also known as Wallis Island of the Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands. First Dynasty from Tu'i Tonga The first dynasty reigned from about 1400 to 1600. * Tauloko, 1st Hau of 'Uvea 1400–1426 * Ga'asialili, 2nd Hau of 'Uvea c. 1426 – c. 1456 * Havea Fakahau, 3rd Hau of 'Uvea c. 1456 – c. 1516 * Talapili, joint 4th Hau of 'Uvea, from c. 1516 * Talamohe, joint 5th Hau of 'Uvea, to c. 1565 * Fakahega, 6th Hau of 'Uvea c. 1565–1588 * Siulano, 7th Hau of 'Uvea 1588–1600, died 1600. First Takumasiva Dynasty The first Takumasiva dynasty ruled approximately 1600–1660. * Takumasiva * Pou * Fatualoamanogi * Emmunimaufenua * Fakataulavelua * Filikekai Vehi'ika Dynasty This dynasty ruled approximately 1660–1780. * Vehi'ika, 14th Hau of 'Uvea * Filisika, 15th Hau of 'Uvea * Kafoa Logologofolau, 16th Hau of 'Uvea * Munigoto, 17th Hau of 'Uvea * Galu Atuvaha, 18th Hau of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavelua
The King of Uvea is known as the Lavelua. This is a list of the rulers of the polity of Uvea, which is also known as Wallis Island of the Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands. First Dynasty from Tu'i Tonga The first dynasty reigned from about 1400 to 1600. * Tauloko, 1st Hau of 'Uvea 1400–1426 * Ga'asialili, 2nd Hau of 'Uvea c. 1426 – c. 1456 * Havea Fakahau, 3rd Hau of 'Uvea c. 1456 – c. 1516 * Talapili, joint 4th Hau of 'Uvea, from c. 1516 * Talamohe, joint 5th Hau of 'Uvea, to c. 1565 * Fakahega, 6th Hau of 'Uvea c. 1565–1588 * Siulano, 7th Hau of 'Uvea 1588–1600, died 1600. First Takumasiva Dynasty The first Takumasiva dynasty ruled approximately 1600–1660. * Takumasiva * Pou * Fatualoamanogi * Emmunimaufenua * Fakataulavelua * Filikekai Vehi'ika Dynasty This dynasty ruled approximately 1660–1780. * Vehi'ika, 14th Hau of 'Uvea * Filisika, 15th Hau of 'Uvea * Kafoa Logologofolau, 16th Hau of 'Uvea * Munigoto, 17th Hau of 'Uvea * Galu Atuvaha, 18th Hau of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soane-Patita Vaimua Lavelua
Soane-Patita Vaimua Lavelua (1799 — 21 November 1858) was a king of Uvea in the 19th century. He was named king in 1829 at the age of thirty) and reigned until his death in 1858. During his reign, Marist missionaries landed in Wallis in 1837 and converted the population. He then became the first Lavelua baptized Catholic and took the name Jean-Baptiste, in Wallisian "Soane Patita". He died at almost sixty years of age of pneumonia on 21 November 1858. His sister Falakika Seilala succeeded him only a few weeks later, on 5 December 1858. He was the father of Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki, who become queen of Uvea in 1869, and of Vito Lavelua II, who became king in 1895. References 1858 deaths Wallis and Futuna monarchs 19th-century monarchs in Oceania Roman Catholic monarchs {{WallisFutuna-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki
Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki (1845 - 10 March 1895) was a queen of Uvea, ruling from 1869 until 1895. She was preceded by her aunt Falakika Seilala, and succeeded by her son Vito Lavelua II and Isaake Isaake was a king of Uvea, ruling in rebellion for one day in 1895. His faither, Pooi, was a cousin of Soane-Patita Vaimua Lavelua Soane-Patita Vaimua Lavelua (1799 — 21 November 1858) was a king of Uvea in the 19th century. He was named king i .... During her reign, the pacific islands was under severe pressure from the colonial powers, which she was forced to address. In 1887, she signed a treaty making the kingdom a French protectorate in exchange for inner self governance and preservation of the monarchy. She converted to Catholicism and had the royal palace and the cathedral erected in the capital. References Further reading * Jean-Dominique Pinelli-Gérard Gourmel, ''Au Pays de Trois Royaumes'', ed. Pacifique, Paris 1991. * Alexandre Poncet, ''Histoire de l'île Wallis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toifale
Toifale (died 1829), was a ruling Queen of Uvea between 1825 and 1829.Bernard Vienne et Daniel Frimigacci, « Les fondations du royaume de ’Uvea. Une histoire à revisiter », Journal de la Société des Océanistes, nos 122-123, 1er décembre 2006, p. 27–60 (ISSN 0300-953x, DOI 10.4000/jso.529 She was preceded by Uhila, and succeeded by Mulitoto Mulitoto was a King of Uvea, who reigned for less than a year in 1829. He was preceded by Toifale. He lived in Ha'afuasia. Very old, he died during the year of his reign and was buried in Tokatafa. He was succeeded by Soane-Patita Vaimua Lavelu .... References Wallis and Futuna monarchs Queens regnant 19th-century women rulers 1829 deaths {{WallisFutuna-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aloisia Brial
Aloisia Brial (died 1972) was a queen of Uvea, ruling from 1953 until 1958.Guillaume Lachenal, Le médecin qui voulut être roi. Sur les traces d'une utopie coloniale, Editions du Seuil, 9 février 2017 (ISBN 978-2-02-114258-7 She was preceded by Soane Toke, and succeeded by Tomasi Kulimoetoke II. Uvea is also known as Wallis Island Wallis ( Wallisian: ''Uvea'') is a Polynesian atoll/island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the French overseas collectivity (''collectivité d'outre-mer'', or ''COM'') of Wallis and Futuna. It lies north of Tonga, northeast of Fiji, east-n ... of the Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands. Her grandson Sylvain Brial is a Member of the French Parliament. References Year of birth missing 1972 deaths Wallis and Futuna monarchs Queens regnant 20th-century women rulers {{WallisFutuna-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonga
Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. As of 2021, according to Johnson's Tribune, Tonga has a population of 104,494, 70% of whom reside on the main island, Tongatapu. The country stretches approximately north-south. It is surrounded by Fiji and Wallis and Futuna (France) to the northwest; Samoa to the northeast; New Caledonia (France) and Vanuatu to the west; Niue (the nearest foreign territory) to the east; and Kermadec (New Zealand) to the southwest. Tonga is about from New Zealand's North Island. First inhabited roughly 2,500 years ago by the Lapita civilization, Tonga's Polynesian settlers gradually evolved a distinct and strong ethnic identity, language, and culture as the Tongan people. They were quick to establish a powerful footing acr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liliʻuokalani
Liliʻuokalani (; Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893. The composer of " Aloha ʻOe" and numerous other works, she wrote her autobiography '' Hawaiʻi's Story by Hawaiʻi's Queen'' during her imprisonment following the overthrow. Liliʻuokalani was born on September 2, 1838, in Honolulu, on the island of Oʻahu. While her natural parents were Analea Keohokālole and Caesar Kapaʻakea, she was ''hānai'' (informally adopted) at birth by Abner Pākī and Laura Kōnia and raised with their daughter Bernice Pauahi Bishop. Baptized as a Christian and educated at the Royal School, she and her siblings and cousins were proclaimed eligible for the throne by King Kamehameha III. She was married to American-born John Owen Dominis, who later became the Governor o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state geographically located within the tropics. Hawaii comprises nearly the entire Hawaiian archipelago, 137 volcanic islands spanning that are physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania. The state's ocean coastline is consequently the fourth-longest in the U.S., at about . The eight main islands, from northwest to southeast, are Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lānai, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii—the last of these, after which the state is named, is often called the "Big Island" or "Hawaii Island" to avoid confusion with the state or archipelago. The uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands make up most of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the United States' largest protected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pōmare IV
Pōmare IV (28 February 1813 – 17 September 1877), more properly ʻAimata Pōmare IV Vahine-o-Punuateraʻitua (otherwise known as ʻAimata – "eye-eater", after an old custom of the ruler to eat the eye of the defeated foe), was the Queen of Tahiti between 1827 and 1877. She was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Tahiti. Family Pōmare was the daughter of Pōmare II and Teriʻitoʻoterai Tere-moe-moe, his second wife. Her grandfather was Pōmare I. She succeeded as ruler of Tahiti after the death of her brother Pōmare III when she was only 14 years old. Biography In 1843, the French declared Tahiti a French protectorate and installed a governor at Papeete. She fought in vain against French intervention, writing to the King Louis Philippe I of France and Queen Victoria, asking in vain for British intervention, and exiling herself to Raiatea in protest. What followed was the bloody French-Tahitian War which lasted from 1843 to 1847, involving every kingdom of the So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahiti
Tahiti (; Tahitian ; ; previously also known as Otaheite) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is Australia. Divided into two parts, ''Tahiti Nui'' (bigger, northwestern part) and ''Tahiti Iti'' (smaller, southeastern part), the island was formed from volcanic activity; it is high and mountainous with surrounding coral reefs. Its population was 189,517 in 2017, making it by far the most populous island in French Polynesia and accounting for 68.7% of its total population. Tahiti is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity and an overseas country of the French Republic. The capital of French Polynesia, Papeete, is located on the northwest coast of Tahiti. The only international airport in the region, Faaā International Airport, is on Tahiti near Papeete. Tahiti was originally settled by Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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