Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho

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 (age 70)
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Spouse
(m. 1982)
IssuePrincess Latufuipeka
Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala
Prince Ata
Names
Nanasipauʻu Vaea
FatherBaron Vaea
MotherBaroness Tuputupu Vaea

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

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:[citation needed]

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

Medals

  •  Tonga:
    • Recipient of the King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Coronation Silver Jubilee Medal (4 July 1992)[citation needed]
    • Recipient of the King George Tupou V Coronation Medal (1 August 2008)[citation needed]
    • Recipient of the King George Tupou VI Coronation Medal (4 July 2015)[citation needed]

Ancestry

Family tree

References

  1. ^ Tonga Broadcasting Archived 2015-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "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
Vacant
Title last held by
Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe
Queen consort of Tonga
2012–Present
Incumbent
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