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Nanasipauʻu Vaea

Nanasipauʻu Vaea – Queen of Tonga

Nanasipauʻu Vaea was born on 8 March 1954 as the daughter of Siaosi ʻAlipate Halakilangi Tau’alupeoko Vaea Tupou, Baron Vaea of Houma, and Tuputupu -‘o-Pulotu Vaea, The Honourable Baroness Tuputupu ‘o Pulotu Vaea of Houma. Her father was the son of an illegitimate half-brother of Queen Sālote of Tonga. Queen Sālote had three illegitimate half-brothers [read more]
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The Royal Women

Book News Week 42

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Sālote Tupou III

Queen Sālote Tupou III’s installation in the title of Tu’i Kanokupolu and her coronation

In Tonga, there were at least three titles, known as lines of “kings.” Membership of the aristocracy was determined by one’s descent from the most ancient and thus the highest line, which was called the Tu’i Tonga. Before the Tupou dynasty, there was also the line of the Tu’i Ha’atakalaua, which went extinct in 1799. [read more]