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
Tenure	18 March 2012 – present
Coronation	4 July 2015
Born	Nanasipauʻu Vaea (1954-03-08) 8 March 1954 Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Spouse	Tupou VI ​ (m. 1982)​
Issue	Princess Latufuipeka Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala Prince Ata
Names Nanasipauʻu Vaea
Father	Baron Vaea
Mother	Baroness Tuputupu Vaea

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. 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.

Marriage and family

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.

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. 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)
  • 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

Ancestors of Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho

8. George Tupou II 4. Vīlai Tupou 9. Tupou Moheofo 2. Baron Vaea 10. Siosaia Pau'uvale Loloa'atonga, 13th Noble Vaea 5. Tupouseini Manumatavai Vaea 11. Kalolaine Tongilava 1. Nanasipau'u Tuku'aho 12. Siotame Fakatulolo, 6th Noble Ma'afu 6. Siosaia Siotame Lausi'i, 7th Noble Ma'afu 13. Teisa Vaka Sateki 3. Tuputupukipulotu Lausi'i 14. Sione Lamipeti Mafile'o 7. 'Anaukihesina Lamipeti 15. 'Alilia Funakitoutai Tapueluelu

Family tree

Tupou family tree
Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua line Tuʻi Tonga line Tuʻi Kanokupolu line Kalolaine Fusimatalili George Tupou I Fīnau Kaunanga Fifita Vavʻau Tēvita ʻUnga Sālote Mafile‘o Pilolevu Filiaipulotu Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku Fatafehi Toutaitokotaha Lavinia Veiongo George Tupou II ʻAnaseini Takipō Viliami Tungī Mailefihi Sālote Tupou III Vīlai Tupou (illegitimate son) Tupou Seini Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe Siaosi 'Alipate Tupou, Baron Vaea Tuputupu Ma'afu-'o-Tukuialahi George Tupou V Tupou VI Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala Sinaitakala Fakafanua Taufaʻahau Manumataongo
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