Siaosi (George) Manumataongo ʻAlaivahamamaʻo ʻAhoʻeitu Konstantin Tukuʻaho (born 17 September 1985) is the

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. Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala became

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to the throne in March 2012 upon the accession of his father,

Tupou VI Tupou VI (; born 12 July 1959) is the King of Tonga. He is the younger brother and successor of the late King George Tupou V. He was officially confirmed by his brother on 27 September 2006 as the heir presumptive to the Throne of Tonga, as his ...

, as

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Education

Tukuʻaho was educated at

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, graduating with a Master of Military and Defence Studies in 2018 and a Master of Diplomacy in 2021.

2012 wedding

On 12 July 2012, Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala married his double second cousin,

Sinaitakala Fakafanua Princess Sinaitakala Tukuʻaho ( née Sinaitakala Tu'imatamoana 'i Fanakavakilangi Fakafānua; 20 March 1987) is a Tongan royal and wife of the Crown Prince of Tonga, Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala, whom she married on 12 July 2012. Family Princess S ...

, in a wedding attended by 2,000 people. He was 26 years old at the time, while his wife was 25 years old. Sinaitakala Fakafanua is 26th in line to the Tongan throne. The wedding marked the first marriage of a Tongan

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in sixty-five years. The ceremony was held at the Centennial Church of the

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in Nuku'alofa, with more than 2,000 guests, including Samoan and Fijian chiefly families. The groom wore

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, while the bride wore a long sleeve, lace wedding gown with a veil that reached the floor of the church. A Maʻutohi ceremony, which celebrates the issuance of a marriage license, was held earlier in the week.

Controversy

The marriage between the Crown Prince and Fakafanua caused controversy over the continued practice of marrying closely related cousins. Tongan royal protocol requires that members of royal family only marry members of noble families to maintain a 'strong'

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. All royal marriages are arranged. The wedding between the cousins was openly criticised by a few members of Tongan political and royal circles. Two prominent members of the Tongan royal family,

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Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe Halaevalu Mata'aho ʻAhomeʻe (29 May 1926 – 19 February 2017) was Queen of Tonga from 1965 to 2006, as the wife of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV. She was the mother of George Tupou V, King George Tupou V and the current King of Tonga, Tupou VI ...

and the king's sister, Princess Salote Pilolevu Tuita, disapproved of the marriage and refused to attend the ceremony. Daughter of the Princess Royal of Tonga, Frederica Tuita, who is ninth in line to the throne, openly condemned the union, calling the royal

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"extremely arrogant and only perpetuated the motive behind social climbers". Pro-democracy leader ʻAkilisi Pohiva also criticised the wedding, telling TVNZ, "They are too close... I do not know about biological effects of two close bloods mixed together, but I think they need new blood from outside." A leader of Tongans living in

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, Will Ilolahia, stated that many Tongans opposed the second cousins' marriage, but were unwilling to speak out publicly. An uncle of the Crown Prince, Lord Vaea, defended the marriage saying, "It's a new beginning for the royal household. They are both in their twenties, we are looking at that to preserve that constitutional monarchy within Tonga."

Issue

His firstborn child, a son, Prince

Taufaʻahau Manumataongo Taufaʻahau Manumataongo Tukuʻaho (born 10 May 2013)

, was born on 10 May 2013 at Auckland City Hospital in

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, becoming second in the

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, after his father. On 12 July 2014, the Crown Princess gave birth to a daughter, Princess Halaevalu Mataʻaho, at Auckland City Hospital in

. His third child and second daughter, Princess Nanasipauʻu Eliana, was born on 20 March 2018 at the Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand. His fourth child and third daughter, Princess Salote Mafileʻo Pilolevu, was born on 25 February 2021 at Calvary Public Hospital Bruce in

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Honours

National

* : Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the

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* : Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the

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* : Knight Grand Cross of the

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* : Recipient of the King Tupou VI Coronation Medal

Dynastic

* Royal House of Two Sicilies: Knight Grand Cross of the

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Ancestry

Family tree

References

External links

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