Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala

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Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala
Crown Prince of Tonga
File:Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala at the festivities of his parents coronation.jpg
Tupoutoʻa at the final day of the festivities of his parents coronation
Born (1985-09-17) 17 September 1985 (age 39)
Nukuʻalofa
Spouse Sinaitakala Fakafanua
Issue Taufaʻahau Manumataongo
Halaevalu Mataʻaho
Full name
Siaosi Manumataongo ʻAlaivahamamaʻo ʻAhoʻeitu Konstantin Tukuʻaho
House House of Tupou
Father Tupou VI
Mother Queen Nanasipau'u
Religion Methodism
Royal Family of Tonga
Royal Arms of Tonga

HM The King
HM The Queen

HM The Queen Mother

Extended royal family

Siaosi Manumataongo ʻAlaivahamamaʻo ʻAhoʻeitu Konstantin Tukuʻaho[1] (born 17 September 1985) is a Tongan royal and Crown Prince of Tonga. Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala became heir apparent to the throne in March 2012 when his father, Tupou VI, ascended as the current King of Tonga.[2]

2012 wedding

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Main article: Wedding of Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala and Sinaitakala Fakafanua

On 12 July 2012, Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala married his double second cousin, Sinaitakala Fakafanua, in a wedding attended by 2,000 people.[2][3] The Crown Prince was 26 years old at the time, while his wife was 25 years old.[3] Sinaitakala Fakafanua is 26th in line to the Tongan throne.[3]

The wedding marked the first marriage of a Tongan Crown Prince in sixty-five years.[3] The ceremony was held at the Centennial Church of the Free Church of Tonga in Nuku'alofa, with more than 2,000 guests, including Samoan and Fijian chiefly families.[1][2] The groom wore a three piece grey and black suit, while the bride wore a long sleeve, lace wedding gown with a veil that reached the floor of the church.[4] A Maʻutohi ceremony, which celebrates the issuance of a marriage license, was held earlier in the week.[2]

Controversy

The marriage between the Crown Prince and Fakafanua caused controversy over the continued practice of marrying closely related cousins.[3][4] Tongan royal protocol requires that members of royal family only marry members of noble families to maintain a strong bloodline.[3] All royal marriages are arranged.[1]

The wedding between the cousins was openly criticised by a few members of Tongan political and royal circles.[4] Two prominent members of the Tongan royal family, Queen Mother Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe and the king's sister, Princess Salote Pilolevu Tuita, disapproved of the marriage and refused to attend the ceremony.[1] Daughter of the Princess Royal of Tonga, Frederica Tuita, who is ninth in line to the throne, openly condemned the union, calling the royal arranged marriage "extremely arrogant and only perpetuated the motive behind social climbers".[3] Pro-democracy leader ʻAkilisi Pohiva also criticised the wedding, telling TVNZ, "They are too close... I do not know about biological effects of two close bloods mixed together, but I think they need new blood from outside."[3] A leader of Tongans living in New Zealand, Will Ilolahia, stated that many Tongans opposed the second cousins' marriage, but were unwilling to speak out publicly.[3][5]

An uncle of the Crown Prince, Lord Vaea, defended the marriage saying, "It's a new beginning for the royal household. They are both in their twenties, we are looking at that to preserve that constitutional monarchy within Tonga."[1] In spite of the initial controversy, by all accounts the marriage has been a happy one and the Crown Couple are regularly seen in public together.

Issue

His firstborn child, a son, Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo, was born on 10 May 2013, becoming second in the line of succession to the Tongan throne, after his father.[6] On 12 July 2014, the Crown Princess gave birth to a daughter, Princess Halaevalu Mataʻaho.[7]

Titles, styles and honours

Styles of
Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa of Tonga
Coat of arms of Tonga.svg
Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Sire

Titles

  • 17 September 1985 – 18 March 2012: His Royal Highness Prince Siaosi of Tonga
  • 18 March 2012 – Present: His Royal Highness Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa of Tonga

Honours

National Honours
Foreign Honour


Ancestry

Family of Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Siaosi U. Tukuʻaho
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Viliami Tungī Mailefihi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Mele Siuʻilikutapu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. George Tupou II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Sālote Tupou III
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Lavinia Veiongo Fotu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Tupou VI
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Solomone Piutau ʻOtukolo ʻAhomeʻe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Tēvita Manuopangai ʻAhomeʻe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. ʻAmelia Moʻungaʻaelangi Maealiuaki
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Fotu ʻa Falefā Veikune
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Heuʻifanga Veikune
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Vāhoi ʻAtaongo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. George Tupou II (= 18)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Vīlai Tupou
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Tupou Moheofo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Baron Vaea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Siosaia Pau'uvale Loloa'atonga, 13th Noble Vaea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Hon. Tupouseini Manumatavai Vaea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Kalolaine Tongilava
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Hon. Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Siotame Fakatulolo, 7th Noble Ma'afu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Siosaia Siotame Lausi'i, 6th Noble Ma'afu
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Teisa Vaka Sateki
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Hon. Tuputupukipulotu Lausi'i
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Sione Lamipeti Mafile'o
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. 'Anaukihesina Lamipeti
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. 'Alilia Funakitoutai Tapueluelu
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala
House of Tupou
Born: 17 September 1985
Lines of succession
First
 Line of succession to the Tongan throne
1st position		 Succeeded by
Taufaʻahau Manumataongo
Titles of nobility
Preceded by Chief ʻUlukālala
25 September 2006 –		 Incumbent
Heir:
?
Preceded by Chief Tupoutoʻa
30 May 2012 -		 Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo
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  6. ↑ "New Tongan heir, Prince Taufa'ahau Manumataongo born May 10 in Auckland", Matangi Tonga, 10 May 2013
  7. ↑ "Tonga's New Princess: Halaevalu Mata'aho", Matangi Tonga, 14 July 2014
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Royal Ark, Tongan genealogy and detils
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 [1]
  10. ↑ http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44882000/jpg/_44882094_dignitaries_ap.jpg
  11. ↑ http://matangitonga.to/sites/matangitonga.to/files/styles/article_slide/public/20150704_Visitors_1040310_pp.jpg?itok=rutBaFAv
  12. ↑ http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/19/article-0-1239A68B000005DC-187_634x403.jpg
  13. ↑ [2]
  14. ↑ Ministry of Information & Communications, Article evoking the investiture
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