Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho

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

Nanasipauʻu
Queen Nanasipauʻu in 2019
Queen consort of Tonga
Tenure18 March 2012 – present
Coronation4 July 2015[1]
BornNanasipauʻu Vaea
(1954-03-08) 8 March 1954
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Spouse
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(m. 1982)​
IssuePrincess Latufuipeka
Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala
Prince Ata
Names
Nanasipauʻu Vaea
FatherBaron Vaea
MotherBaroness Tuputupu Vaea
Tongan royal family
Royal Arms of Tonga
  • The Princess Royal, The Lady Tuita
    Siosaʻia, The 9th Lord Tuita
    • Sālote Lupepau'u Tuita
      'Epeli Taione
      • Phaedra Anaseini
    • Titilupe Fanetupouvava'u Tuita
      Siaosi Kiu Tau-ki-Vailahi Kaho
      • Simon Tu'ivakano
      • Michaela Tu'ivakano
      • Fatafehi Tu'ivakano
    • Frederica Lupe'Uluiva Tuita
      Johnny Filipe
      • Latu'alaifotu'aika Fahina
    • Lupeolo Halaevalu Tuita
  • The Hon. Dowager Lady Ma’atu
    • The Prince Tungi
    • Fatafehi Sione Ikamafana
    • ‘Etani Ha’amea Tupoulahi
    • Salote Maumautaimi Tuku'aho
Extended family

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:

  • 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. They have a son and 3 daughters:
  • 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

Honours

Orders
  •  Tonga:
    • 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)[3]
    • 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)
    • 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Queen Nanasipauʻu of Tonga.
  1. Tonga Broadcasting Archived 2015-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
  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.
  3. Radionz
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