Read part one here. Sālote returned home to Tonga in December 1911 and immediately fell back into her role of royal princess. She regularly attended the Free Wesleyan Church and joined her father and stepmother for ceremonies and engagements. Early in the new year, Sālote’s grandfather became ill, and the family visited him on Fafa [read more]
On 13 March 1900, Queen Lavinia gave birth to her first and only child with King George Tupou II, the future Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga. Sālote was born in the Royal Palace by the sea in Nuku’alofa, the capital of Tonga. Her parents’ marriage had been quite controversial as King George had originally [read more]
Princess Sālote’s mother, Lavinia, died in 1902 when Sālote was just two years old. Her parents’ marriage had been quite controversial as King George had originally been meant to marry Princess ʻOfakivavaʻu, but he had chosen Lavinia instead. With Lavinia dead and in order to appease those who had been offended by his first marriage, [read more]
The future Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga would not know her mother, as she died when Sālote was just two years old. Lavinia Veiongo Fotu was born on 9 February 1879 as the daughter of ʻAsipeli Kupuavanua Fotu and Tōkanga Fuifuilupe. She was named for her paternal grandmother, Old Lavinia, who was the daughter [read more]
On 7 January 1922, Queen Sālote Tupou III gave birth to her third son, Prince Sione Ngū Manumataongo. Prince Siaosi Tāufaʻāhau Tupoulahi, the future King Tupou IV, had been born in 1918, and Prince Uiliami Tuku‘aho was born in 1919. Shortly after his birth, Queen Sālote went to New Zealand for several months for a [read more]
Princess Sālote was born on 13 March 1900 in Tonga as the only child of King George Tupou II of Tonga and his second wife, Queen Lavinia. It was an unpopular match. Queen Lavinia died of tuberculosis on 25 April 1902. Her father was urged to remarry in order to father a male heir, and [read more]
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