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Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho (
Member of the King George Tupou V Royal Family Order (1 August 2011)
**
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Salote Tupou III (30 June 2015)Radionz
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Dame Grand Cross, Special Class of the Most Devoted Order of the Royal Household
Recipient of the King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Coronation Silver Jubilee Medal (4 July 1992)
** Recipient of the King George Tupou V Coronation Medal (1 August 2008)
** Recipient of the King George Tupou VI Coronation Medal (4 July 2015)
née
The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...
Nanasipauʻu Vaea; born 8 March 1954) is Queen of Tonga as the wife of King Tupou VI
Tupou VI (ʻAho‘eitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho; born 12 July 1959) is King of Tonga.
The youngest child of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, he served as Prime Minister of Tonga from 2000 to 2006. Following his elder brother's accession to the ...
.
Early life
Nanasipauʻu Vaea is the daughter of the lateBaron Vaea
Siaosi ʻAlipate Halakilangi Tau’alupeoko Vaea Tupou (15 May 1921 – 7 June 2009), more commonly known as Baron Vaea of Houma, was a Tongan politician who served as Prime Minister of Tonga. Vaea was a nephew of Queen Sālote, who ruled Tonga ...
, a former Prime Minister of Tonga
The prime minister of Tonga (historically referred to as the premier) is the head of government of Tonga. Tonga is a monarchy with the List of monarchs of Tonga, king, currently Tupou VI, former prime minister, as head of state. The current p ...
from 1991 to 2000, and the late Baroness Tuputupu Vaea
Tuputupu -‘o-Pulotu Vaea, The Honourable Baroness Tuputupu ‘o Pulotu Vaea of Houma (née Ma'afu-'o-Tukuialahi; 14 October 1928 – 29 July 2021) was a Tongan noblewoman and royal. Vaea and her late husband, former Prime Minister of Tonga Baron ...
. 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
A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. A biological fathe ...
aunt of Crown Prince
A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title, crown princess, is held by a woman who is heir apparent or is married to the heir apparent.
''Crown prince ...
ss 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.
Marriage and family
She was married at the Chapel Royal, at the Royal Palace, inNukuʻalofa
Nukualofa ( , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tonga. It is located on the north coast of the island of Tongatapu, in the country's southernmost island group.
History
First western records of Nukualofa
On 10 June 1777, British ...
on 11 December 1982 to Tupou VI
Tupou VI (ʻAho‘eitu ʻUnuakiʻotonga Tukuʻaho; born 12 July 1959) is King of Tonga.
The youngest child of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, he served as Prime Minister of Tonga from 2000 to 2006. Following his elder brother's accession to the ...
. The couple have three children and four grandchildren.
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.
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. They have four children: Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo (born May 10, 2013), Princess Halaevalu Mataʻaho (born July 12, 2015), Princess Nanasipauʻu (born March 20, 2018), and Princess Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu (born February 25, 2021).
Their third child is Prince Ata (Viliami ʻUnuaki-ʻo-Tonga Mumui Lalaka-Mo-e-ʻEiki Tukuʻaho), born on April 27, 1988.
Notable published works
* Kaeppler, A.L.; Taumoefolau, M.; ''Tukuʻaho, N.'', & Wood-Ellem, E. (2004): ''Songs and poems of Queen Salote''.Honours
Orders
*: ** Member of the King George Tupou V Royal Family Order (1 August 2011)
** Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Salote Tupou III (30 June 2015)/ref> **
Dame Grand Cross, Special Class of the Most Devoted Order of the Royal Household
Medals
*: ** Recipient of the King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Coronation Silver Jubilee Medal (4 July 1992)
** Recipient of the King George Tupou V Coronation Medal (1 August 2008)
** Recipient of the King George Tupou VI Coronation Medal (4 July 2015)
Ancestry
Family tree
References
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