Baroness Tuputupu Vaea

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. She was the mother-in-law of the present King of Tonga, Tupou VI.

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)

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

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). Two sons, Moimoikimofuta Kaifahina Vaea, Ratu Edward Vaea, are deceased.

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