Baroness Tuputupu Vaea | |
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| Born | 14 October 1928 |
| Died | 29 July 2021 (aged 92) |
| Burial place | Kolomanatau Cemetery, Houma, Tongatapu |
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| Spouse | Baron Vaea (died 2009) |
| Children | Seven, including Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho ʻAlipate Tuʻivanuavou Vaea |
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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]