List of royal consorts of Tonga explained

See also: List of monarchs of Tonga.

Royal Title:Royal Consort
Realm:Tonga
Coatofarms:Coat of arms of Tonga.svg
Coatofarms Article:Coat of arms of Tonga
Incumbent:Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho
Incumbentsince:18 March 2012
His/Her:Her
Date:4 December 1845
Residence:Royal Palace, Nukuʻalofa
PictureNameBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
1Sālote Lupepauʻu18111833
pagan rite
27 March 1834
Christian rite
4 December 1845
unification of Tonga
4 November 1875
proclamation of the 1st Tongan constitution
8 September 1889Siaosi Tupou I
[1] (Prior to her marriage with King Siaosi Tupou I, Queen Sālote Lupepau'u was a consort in the harem of the last Tu'i Tonga, Sanualio Fatafehi Laufilitonga).
2Lavinia Veiongo9 February 18791 June 189924 April 1902Siaosi Tupou II
[2]
3ʻAnaseini Takipō1 March 189311 November 19095 April 1918
husband's death
26 November 1918
4Viliami Tungī Mailefihi1/8 November 188719 September 1917
pagan rite
21 September 1917
Christian rite
5 April 1918
wife's ascension
20 July 1941Sālote Tupou III
5Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe29 May 192610 June 19476 December 1965
husband's ascension
10 September 2006
husband's death
19 February 2017Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
6Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho8 March 195411 December 198218 March 2012
husband's ascension
IncumbentTupou VI

Notes and References

  1. Siaosi Tupou I had a number of other wives but he repudiated most of them by 1834 and Queen Sālote was his only wife married in Christian rites.
  2. Although Siaosi Tupou II practiced monogamy, he had affair with other women, fathering a few children, whose descendants are greatly prominent today in both Tonga and Fiji.