'Elisiva Fusipala Vaha'i

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For the mother of George Tupou II, see Elisiva Fusipala Tauki'onetuku.

Princess Fusipala Vaha'i
Princess of Tonga
Full name
'Elisiva Fusipala Tauki'onetuku Tuku'aho
House	House of Tupou
Father	Prince Sione Ngu Tu'i Pelehake
Mother	Melenaite Tupou-Mohe'ofu Veikune
Born	(1949-06-12) 12 June 1949 Nukuʻalofa
Religion	Mormon Church

Royal Family of Tonga

HM The King HM The Queen HRH The Crown Prince HRH The Crown Princess HRH Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo HRH Prince Ata HRH Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho HM The Queen Mother HRH Princess Salote, Lady Tuita The Hon. Lord Tuita Hon. Sālote Lupepau'u Tuita Hon. Titilupe Fanetupouvava'u Tuita Hon. Frederica Lupe'Uluiva Tuita Hon. Lupeolo Halaevalu Tuita Prince Fatafehi Sione Ikamafana Extended royal family HSH Prince Viliami Tu’i Pelehake HSH Princess Fifita Holeva Tuʻihaʻangana HRH Princess Mele Kalaniuvalu-Fotofili HRH Princess 'Elisiva Fusipala Vaha'i HRH Princess Lavinia Ma'afu HRH Princess Sinaitakala Fakafanua Hon. Kinikinilau, 7th Lord Fakafanua Hon. Fakaola Fakafānua
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Princess 'Elisiva Fusipala Vaha'i of Tonga (born 12 June 1949), normally referred to as Princess Fusipala or even just Fusipala, was a daughter of Tu'i Pelehake (Fatafehi). Fusipala was one of the Tuʻi Pelehake's six children, five of whom were girls.

On the occasion of her marriage to Hahano-ki-Mala'e Kula'a Sione Ngu Namoa (1936–2005), the Vahaʻi of Foʻui, a member of the Tongan nobility, John H. Groberg, then the mission president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Tonga, gave Fusipala and Hahano a copy of the Standard Works of the LDS Church as a wedding present. This was in 1968.

In 1989 Fusipala joined the LDS Church. ʻIsileli T. Kongaika, who was president of the Tongan Mission at the time of Fusipala's baptism, said that she was the first member of Tonga's royal family to join the LDS Church.^[1] Her main period of learning about the denomination was while visiting Sepiuta and Larripotoa Fehoko in Santa Ana, California. The Fehokos took Fusipala to church with them at the Santa Ana 6th (Tongan-speaking) branch. Her instruction in the gospel was done by branch president Heilala T. Finau.

Marriage and descent

Princess 'Elisiva Fusipala Tauki'onetuku Tuku'aho married at the Chapel Royal, Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, 13 March 1968, The Hon Hahano-ki-Mala'e Kula-'a Sione Ngu Namoa, Lord Vaha'i, of Foui (b. at Kolosi'i, Fo'ui, Tongatapu, 1 May 1936; d. at Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, 22 May 2005), sometime MLA, eldest son of The Hon Vilisoni Fahitaha Namoa, Vaha'i, of Foui, by his wife, The Hon Vika Kaufusi Vaha'i, daughter of Tevita 'Unga Taufu'-i-'aevalu, of Koulo, Lifuka.^[2]

She has issue, two sons and two daughters:^[3]

Hon. Nikotimasi Fatafehi Laufilitonga Kakau Vahaʻi (13 Septembre 1971 — )
Hon. Siosifa ʻAlematea Vahaʻi
Hon. ʻElisiva Taukiʻonetuku Vete, née Vahaʻi. oo Semi Vete Jnr. She has two children.
Hon. Sinaitakala ʻOfeina Leanahola Vahaʻi

Honours

Orders

King George Tupou V Royal Family Order (1.8.2011) ^[2]

Medals

King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Coronation Silver Jubilee Medal (4.7.1992) ^[2]
King George Tupou V Coronation Medal (31.7.2008 ) ^[2]

Sources

↑ "Tongan princess finds joy in Church", Church News, March 17, 1990
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Royal Ark, Tongan Genealogy details - Page 10
↑ Royal Ark, Tongan Genealogy details - Page 3

Groberg, John H. The Fire of Faith. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1996) p. 122.
Tonga Marks LDS Centennial with Nationwide Celebrations, "News of the Church", Ensign, November 1991: 106–107

Persondata
Name	Fusipala, Princess
Alternative names
Short description	Tongan princess
Date of birth	1959
Place of birth	Nukuʻalofa
Date of death
Place of death

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