Sinaitakala Fakafanua

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Sinaitakala Tukuʻaho Fakafānua
Crown Princess of Tonga

Spouse	Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala
Issue
Taufaʻahau Manumataongo
Full name
Sinaitakala Tu'imatamoana 'i Fanakavakilangi Tukuʻaho Fakafānua
House	House of Tupou
Father	Lord Kinikinilau Tūtoatasi Fakafānua
Mother	Princess Sinaitakala Tukuʻaho
Born	1987

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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Sinaitakala Tuʻimatamoana ʻi Fanakavakilangi Tukuʻaho (Fakafānua)^[1] (born c. 1987) is a Tongan royal and wife of the Crown Prince of Tonga, Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala, whom she married on July 12, 2012.^[2]

Family

The Honourable Sinaitakala Fakafānua is the daughter of late Lord Kinikinilau Tūtoatasi Fakafānua and Princess Sinaitakala Tukuʻaho. She has two brothers, current Lord Fatafehi Kinikinilau Lolomānaʻia Fakafānua and the Honorable Fakaola mei Langi ʻItafuaʻatonga Tūtoatasi Fakafānua.^[3]

By her mother, she is a member of the Tongan royal family and, of her own right, in line to the country's throne.^[1]^[4]

Marriage

Controversy

The marriage caused controversy in Tonga, since Fakafanua and Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala are double second cousins.^[1]^[5] That is: her parents are each the first cousin of the King:

Fakafanua's father is a son of Hon. Kalolaine Ahomeʻe, sister to the Queen Mother Halaevalu, née Hon. Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe.
Her mother, Princess Sinaitakala Tukuʻaho, is the daughter of Prince Sione Ngū Manumataongo Uelingatoni Tukuʻaho (known as HRH The Prince Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake), Prime Minister of Tonga (1965-1991) and a niece to King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV.

The wedding was opposed by some members of the royal family, reportedly due to the close genetic relationship of the couple.

Wedding ceremony

Sinaitakala Fakafanua married the Crown Prince at the Centennial Church of the Free Church of Tonga in Nuku'alofa on July 12, 2012.^[2] The wedding marked the first marriage of a Tongan crown prince in sixty-five years.^[2] Fakafanua was 25 years old at the time of her wedding.^[1]

Issue

Her firstborn child, a son, Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo, was born on 10 May 2013, becoming second in the line of succession to the Tongan throne, after his father.^[4]

Monarchical styles of Crown Princess Sinaitakala Tukuʻaho Fakafānua

Reference style	Her Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness
Alternative style	Madam

Titles and Honours

Titles

1987 - 12 July 2012 : The Honorable Sinaitakala Tuʻimatamoana ʻi Fanakavakilangi Fakafānua
Since 12 July 2012 : Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Sinaitakala Tukuʻaho Fakafānua

Honours

Dynastic Honours

Two Sicilies : Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I (28.07.2012) ^[6]^[7]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Sinaitakala Fakafanua

16. Timote Fangupo Fakafanua, The Noble Fakafanua

8. Kinikinilau Kisione Fakafanua, The Noble Fakafanua

17. Veisinia Fainga'anuku

4. Kinikinilau Lelea'afafine Fakafanua, The Noble Fakafanua

18. Vaha'i Vilisoni Fahitaha Namoa, The Noble Vaha'i

9. 'Alakihihifo Namoa Vaha'i

19. Kalisi 'Uatesoni

2. Kinikinilau Tutoatasi Fakafanua, The Noble Fakafanua

20. Solomone Piutau ʻOtukolo ʻAhomeʻe

10. Tēvita Manuopangai ʻAhomeʻe

21. ʻAmelia Moʻungaʻaelangi Maealiuaki

5. Kalolaine Taukapa Lata'ifalefehi Ahome'e

22. Fotu ʻa Falefā Veikune

11. Heuʻifanga Veikune

23. Vāhoi

1. Sinaitakala Fakafanua

24. Siaosi U. Tukuʻaho

12. Viliami Tungī Mailefihi

25. Mele Siuʻilikutapu

6. Prince Sione Ngu Manumata'ongo Uelingatoni Tuku'aho

26. George Tupou II

13. Sālote Tupou III

27. Lavinia Veiongo Fotu

3. Princess Sinaitakala 'Ofeina 'e he Langi Tuku'aho

28. Siosateki Tonga Veikune

14. 'Inoke Matafonuafotu Veikune

29. 'Ane Manakovikafo'ou Fusifusi Vahai'i

7. Princess Melenaite Tupoumoheofo Veikune

30. Siosiua Fotofili, The Noble Fotofili

15. Lavinia Veiongo Fotofili

31. 'Amelia Leafa'itulangi Kalaniuvalu

External links

Taimi Online, Engagement photos.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Tongan crown prince marries second cousin". The Daily Telegraph. 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Tonga Crown Prince weds". Radio New Zealand International. 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
↑ Photo : Lord Fakafānua, the Honorable Fakaola Fakafānua (the bride's brothers), Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala, Hon. Sinaitakala Fakafanua, Princess Latufuipeka Tuku’aho and the Prince Ata (the groom's siblings).
↑ 4.0 4.1 "New Tongan heir, Prince Taufa'ahau Manumataongo born May 10 in Auckland", Matangi Tonga, 10 May 2013
↑ "Tongan royals to wed as nation struggles with economic crisis". One News (TVNZ). 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
↑ Video showing investiture speeches
↑ Ministry of Information & Communications, Article evoking the investiture

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