| Baroness Tuputupu Vaea | |
| Birth Date: | 1928 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Tonga |
| Death Place: | Houma, Tongatapu, Tonga |
| Spouse: | Baron Vaea (died 2009) |
| Children: | Seven, including Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho ʻAlipate Tuʻivanuavou Vaea |
| Father: | Sosaia Lausi‘i Ma’afu |
| Mother: | ‘Anau-ki he-Sina Sunia Mafile’o |
| Burial Place: | Kolomanatau Cemetery, Houma, Tongatapu |
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]