Baroness Tuputupu Vaea

Baroness Tuputupu Vaea
Born(1928-10-14)14 October 1928
Tonga
Died29 July 2021(2021-07-29) (aged 92)
Houma, Tongatapu, Tonga
Burial placeKolomanatau Cemetery, Houma, Tongatapu
Nationality
  • Tongan
SpouseBaron Vaea (died 2009)
ChildrenSeven, including
Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho
ʻAlipate Tuʻivanuavou Vaea
Parents
  • Sosaia Lausi‘i Ma’afu (father)
  • ‘Anau-ki he-Sina Sunia Mafile’o (mother)

Tuputupu -‘o-Pulotu Vaea, The Honourable Baroness Tuputupu ‘o Pulotu Vaea of Houma (née Ma'afu-'o-Tukuialahi; 14 October 1928 – 29 July 2021) was a Tongan noblewoman and royal. Vaea and her late husband, former Prime Minister of Tonga Baron Vaea (1921–2009), are the parents of the present Queen of Tonga, Queen Nanasipau'u.[1] She was the mother-in-law of the present King of Tonga, Tupou VI.[2]

She was the eldest daughter of Siosaia Lausi’i, 7th Ma’afu-’o- Tukui’aulahi, of Vaini and his wife, ’Anaukihesina Lamipeti.[3]

The baroness and her late husband, Baron Vaea, had seven children and one adopted daughter: Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho, 'Alipate Tu'ivanuavou Vaea, 'Amelia Luoluafetu'u Vaea, Luseane Luani (Dowager Lady Luani) and Cassandra Vaea (formerly Tuipelehake).[4] Two sons, Moimoikimofuta Kaifahina Vaea, Ratu Edward Vaea, are deceased.[4]

  1. ^ "Prince 'Ulukalala to wed Hon. Sinaitakala Fakafanua". Matangi Tonga. 2011-07-29. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  2. ^ "Lava e tatau 'a e fonua mo e lotu kia Palōnesi Tuputupu 'o Pulotu Vaea" (in Tongan). Nepituno. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Baroness Tuputupu 'o Pulotu Vaea laid to rest at Houma". Matangi Tonga. 3 August 2021. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Baron Vaea passes away after a long life of service". Matangi Tonga. 2009-06-08. Archived from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2021-08-09.