Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho

Royal family of Tonga

HM The King HM The Queen HRH The Crown Prince HRH The Crown Princess HRH Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo HRH Princess Halaevalu Mata'aho HRH Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho HRH Prince Ata HRH Princess Salote, Princess Royal and Lady Tuita The Hon. Lord Siosa'ia Tuita Extended royal family Hon. Sālote Lupepau'u Tuita Hon. 'Epeli Taione Hon. Phaedra Anaseini Hon. Titilupe Fanetupouvava'u Tuita Hon. Siaosi Kiu Tau-ki-Vailahi Kaho Hon. Simon Tu'ivakano Hon. Michaela Tu'ivakano Hon. Fatafehi Tu'ivakano Hon. Frederica Lupe'Uluiva Tuita Hon. Johnny Filipe Hon. Latu'alaifotu'aika Fahina Hon. Lupeolo Halaevalu Tuita The Hon. Dowager Lady Ma’atu HSH The Prince Tungi The Hon. Fatafehi Sione Ikamafana The Hon. ‘Etani Ha’amea Tupoulahi The Hon. Salote Maumautaimi Haim HSH Prince Viliami Tu’i Pelehake HSH Princess Fifita Holeva Tuʻihaʻangana HRH Princess Mele Kalaniuvalu-Fotofili HRH Princess Lavinia Ma'afu HRH Princess Sinaitakala Fakafanua Hon. Kinikinilau, 7th Lord Fakafanua Hon. Fakaola Fakafānua

Nanasipau'u, (née Nanasipauʻu Vaea; born 8 March 1954) is the Queen consort of Tupou VI (and his second cousin),^[2] who ascended the throne as the King of Tonga in 2012.

Early life

Hon. Nanasipauʻu Vaea is the daughter of the Baron Vaea, a former Prime Minister of Tonga from 1991 to 2000, and Baroness Tuputupu Vaea.^[3] She has six siblings:

Dowager Lady Luseane Luani, born Hon. Luseane Vaea (widow of Sione Laumanuʻuli Luani The Late Noble Luani).
ʻAlipate Tuʻivanuavou, Lord Vaea, who married the sister of the late Lord Fakafānua, Hon. Siatukimoana Fakafānua Vaea, The Honourable Lady Vaea. She is the paternal aunt of Crown Princess Sinaitakala.
Lady ʻAmelia Luoluafetuʻu, born Hon. ʻAmelia Luoluafetuʻu Vaea (former-wife of The Noble Lasike).
Hon. Cassandra Vaea, (formerly HSH Cassandra Tuku'aho) former-wife of Prince Tuipelehake (formerly Hon. Viliami Sione Ngu Takeivulai Tuku'aho) son the late HSH Tu'ipelehake (Mailefihi) and his former wife Mele Vikatolia Faletau.
Late Hon. Moimoikimofuta Kaifahina Vaea.
Late Hon. Ratu Edward Palalaika 'a Tungi Vaea.^[3]

Marriage

She was married at the Chapel Royal in Nukuʻalofa on 11 December 1982 to Tupou VI and the couple have three children and two grandchildren:^[4]

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.
Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala – Siaosi Manumataongo ʻAlaivahamamaʻo ʻAhoʻeitu Konstantin Tukuʻaho (17 September 1985, Nukuʻalofa).
He married on 12 July 2012 the Hon. Sinaitakala Fakafanua, daughter of late High Chief Kinikinilau Fakafanua and Princess Ofeina, Lady Fakafanua, both King Tupou VI's first cousins.^[5] They have a son and a daughter:
- Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo – Taufaʻahau Manumataongo (born 10 May 2013, Auckland City Hospital).
- Princess Halaevalu Mata'aho (born 12 July 2014, Auckland City Hospital).
Prince Ata – Viliami ʻUnuaki-ʻo-Tonga Mumui Lalaka-Mo-e-ʻEiki Tukuʻaho (Nukuʻalofa, 27 April 1988).

Patronages

Patron of the Women’s and Children’s Centre.
Patron of the Tonga Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA).
Patron of the Alcohol & Drug Awareness Centre.
Patron of the Hihifo District’s Women’s Committee.
Chairman of the Queen Salote College Old Girls’ Association.
Chairman of the Lakalaka Preservation and Revitalization Committee since 2004.
President of the Pan-Pacific & South-East Asia Women’s Association (PPSEAWA) since 2001.
Honorary Member of the Tongan History Association.
Honorary Member of the Tongan Research Association.
Member of the Tongan Executive Committee of PPSEAWA.
President of the Tonga National Council for Women (since 2017).
President of the Tonga Red Cross Society (TRCS) since 2017.

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

Titles and honours

Titles

8 March 1954 – 11 December 1982 : The Honorable Nanasipauʻu Vaea.
11 December 1982 – 10 September 2006 : Her Royal Highness Princess Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho of Tonga.
10 September 2006 – 18 March 2012 : Her Royal Highness Princess Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho, The Crown Princess of Tonga.^[6]
Since 18 March 2012 : Her Majesty Queen Nanasipauʻu, The Queen of Tonga.

Honours

Orders

Tonga : King George Tupou V Royal Family Order (1 August 2011) ^[4]
Tonga : Dame Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Queen Salote Tupou III (DGCQS) (30 June 2015) ^[4]^[7]

Medals

Tonga : King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Coronation Silver Jubilee Medal (4 July 1992) ^[4]
Tonga : King George Tupou V Coronation Medal (1 August 2008) ^[4]
Tonga : King George Tupou VI Coronation Medal (4 July 2015) ^[4]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho

16. Siaosi Fatafehi Toutaitokotaha

8. George Tupou II

17. ʻElisiva Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku

4. Vīlai Tupou

18. 'Isileli Tupou

9. Tupou Moheofo

19. Lavinia Veiongo Mahanga

2. Baron Vaea

20. Solome Kulikefu, 11th Noble Vaea

10. Siosaia Pau'uvale Loloa'atonga, 13th Noble Vaea

21. Finau Fekita

5. Hon. Tupouseini Manumatavai Vaea

22. Filipe Taufa Tongilava

11. Kalolaine Tongilava

23. Seluvaia Tupou'uluiki

1. Nanasipau'u Tuku'aho

24. Finau Filimoe'uli, 5th Noble Ma'afu

12. Siotame Fakatulolo, 6th Noble Ma'afu

25. 'Ane Nanasi Kioa

6. Siosaia Siotame Lausi'i, 7th Noble Ma'afu

13. Teisa Vaka Sateki

3. Hon. Tuputupukipulotu Lausi'i

28. Sunia 'Akaveka Mafile'o

14. Sione Lamipeti Mafile'o

29. Fanetupou Vava'u

7. 'Anaukihesina Lamipeti

30. Tevita Ta'ofikaetau Tapueluelu

15. 'Alilia Funakitoutai Tapueluelu

31. Siutiti 'Afuha'apai Luani

References

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↑ "King and Queen of Tonga join world's monarchs at Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebration". Matangi Tonga. 2012-05-21. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
1 2 "Baron Vaea passes away after a long life of service". Matangi Tonga. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
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