Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho

{{Infobox royalty

| consort = yes

| name = Nanasipauʻu

| image = Welcome for HM King Tupou VI of the Kingdom of Tonga and HM Queen Nanasipau'u (Cropped) 01.jpg

| caption = Queen Nanasipauʻu in 2019

| coronation = 4 July 2015[http://www.tonga-broadcasting.net/uploads/2/8/1/9/2819652/media_release_2014_dec_5___tonga_national_public_holidays_for_2015.pdf Tonga Broadcasting] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111213621/http://www.tonga-broadcasting.net/uploads/2/8/1/9/2819652/media_release_2014_dec_5___tonga_national_public_holidays_for_2015.pdf |date=2015-01-11 }}

| reign = 18 March 2012 – present

| succession = Queen consort of Tonga

| full name = Nanasipauʻu Vaea

| spouse = {{marriage|Tupou VI|11 December 1982}}

| house =

| father = Baron Vaea

| mother = Baroness Tuputupu Vaea

| issue = Princess Latufuipeka
Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala
Prince Ata

| birth_name = Nanasipauʻu Vaea

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|3|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nuku'alofa, Kingdom of Tonga

| death_date =

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}}

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.{{cite news |title=Baron Vaea passes away after a long life of service |url=https://matangitonga.to/2009/06/08/baron-vaea-passes-away-after-long-life-service |work=Matangi Tonga |date=8 June 2009 |accessdate=8 August 2021 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006023304/https://matangitonga.to/2009/06/08/baron-vaea-passes-away-after-long-life-service |archivedate=6 October 2016}} 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. The couple have three children{{cite web |title=Royal Family Members |url=https://www.royalpalace.to/royal_history.php?section=members |access-date=21 February 2023 |publisher=Tongan Royal Palace}} and four grandchildren.{{Cite web |date=2013-05-09 |title=New Tongan heir, Prince Taufa'ahau Manumataongo born May 10 in Auckland |url=https://matangitonga.to/2013/05/10/new-tongan-heir-prince-taufaahau-manumataongo-born-may-10-auckland |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Matangi Tonga |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2014-07-14 |title=Tonga's new Princess Halaevalu Mata'aho |url=https://matangitonga.to/2014/07/14/tongas-new-princess-halaevalu-mataaho |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Matangi Tonga |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2018-03-20 |title=New Princess born – HRH Princess Nanasipau'u |url=https://matangitonga.to/2018/03/21/new-princess-born-hrh-princess-nanasipau-u |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Matangi Tonga |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-02-26 |title=Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu – Tonga's new baby Princess |url=https://matangitonga.to/2021/02/26/princess-salote-new-baby |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Matangi Tonga |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2012-08-26 |title=Princess Latufuipeka appointed Tonga's High Commissioner to Australia |url=http://www.pmo.gov.to/news-today/royalty/3992-princess-latufuipeka-appointed-tongas-high-commissioner-to-australia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826203518/http://www.pmo.gov.to/news-today/royalty/3992-princess-latufuipeka-appointed-tongas-high-commissioner-to-australia |archive-date=26 August 2012 |access-date=2023-09-24 |publisher=Tonga Government Portal}}

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.{{cite web |last=Pearlman |first=Jonathan |date=12 July 2012 |title=Tongan crown prince marries second cousin |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/tongafrenchpolynesia/9394358/Tongan-crown-prince-marries-second-cousin.html |access-date=14 December 2022 |work=The Telegraph}} They have four children: Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo (born May 10, 2013),{{Cite web |date=2013-05-09 |title=New Tongan heir, Prince Taufa'ahau Manumataongo born May 10 in Auckland |url=https://matangitonga.to/2013/05/10/new-tongan-heir-prince-taufaahau-manumataongo-born-may-10-auckland |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Matangi Tonga |language=en}} Princess Halaevalu Mataʻaho (born July 12, 2015),{{Cite web |date=2014-07-14 |title=Tonga's new Princess Halaevalu Mata'aho |url=https://matangitonga.to/2014/07/14/tongas-new-princess-halaevalu-mataaho |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Matangi Tonga |language=en}} Princess Nanasipauʻu (born March 20, 2018),{{Cite web |date=2018-03-20 |title=New Princess born – HRH Princess Nanasipau'u |url=https://matangitonga.to/2018/03/21/new-princess-born-hrh-princess-nanasipau-u |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Matangi Tonga |language=en}} and Princess Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu (born February 25, 2021).{{Cite web |date=2021-02-26 |title=Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu – Tonga's new baby Princess |url=https://matangitonga.to/2021/02/26/princess-salote-new-baby |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Matangi Tonga |language=en}}

Their third child is Prince Ata (Viliami ʻUnuaki-ʻo-Tonga Mumui Lalaka-Mo-e-ʻEiki Tukuʻaho), born on April 27, 1988.{{cite web |title=Royal Family Members |url=https://www.royalpalace.to/royal_history.php?section=members |access-date=21 February 2023 |publisher=Tongan Royal Palace}}

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 =

{{Flag|Tonga}}:
70px Member of the King George Tupou V Royal Family Order (1 August 2011){{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
70px Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Salote Tupou III (30 June 2015)[http://www.radionz.co.nz/assets/news/42632/eight_col_QUEEN2.jpg?1435964419 Radionz]
70px Dame Grand Cross, Special Class of the Most Devoted Order of the Royal Household

= Medals =

{{Flag|Tonga}}:
70px Recipient of the King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Coronation Silver Jubilee Medal (4 July 1992){{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
70px Recipient of the King George Tupou V Coronation Medal (1 August 2008){{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
70px Recipient of the King George Tupou VI Coronation Medal (4 July 2015){{citation needed|date=August 2020}}