Taufaʻahau Manumataongo

Prince of Tonga (born 2013)
Taufaʻahau Manumataongo
Prince of Tonga
Born(2013-05-10)10 May 2013 (age 10 years)
Auckland City Hospital, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand
HouseTupou
FatherPrince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala
MotherPrincess Sinaitakala
Tongan royal family
Royal Arms of Tonga
  • The King
    The Queen
    • The Crown Prince
      The Crown Princess
      • Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo
      • Princess Halaevalu Mataʻaho
      • Princess Nanasipauʻu Eliana
      • Princess Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu
    • Princess Lātūfuipeka
    • Prince Viliami, The 8th Prince Ata
Extended family
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Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo Tukuʻaho (born 10 May 2013)[1] is a Tongan royal, second in the line of succession to the Tongan throne as the eldest son and child of Crown Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala.[1] Taufa'ahau is the eldest grandson of the current King of Tonga, Tupou VI.

Early years

Taufaʻahau was born on 10 May 2013 at Auckland City Hospital, the teaching hospital of University of Auckland in Grafton, Auckland, the son of Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala and Crown Princess Sinaitakala, during the reign of his grandfather King Tupou VI.[1][2]

He has three younger sisters: Princess Halaevalu Mataʻaho (born 12 July 2014); Princess Nanasipauʻu Eliana (born 20 March 2018); Princess Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu (25 February 2021).

Family tree

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Tupou family tree
Reference:
  • Fox, James J.; Sather, Clifford (1996). Origins, Ancestry and Alliance: Explorations in Austronesian Ethnography. Canberra: Department of Anthropology, Australian National University. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-7315-2432-7. OCLC 245762652.
  • Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois; D.C. (2008). The Pacific Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-19-284238-1. OCLC 236158882.
  • Völkel, Svenja (2010). Social Structure, Space and Possession in Tongan Culture and Language: An Ethnolinguistic Study. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 978-90-272-0283-3.
  • Wood-Ellem, Elizabeth (1999). Queen Sālote of Tonga: The Story of an Era 1900-1965. Auckland, N.Z: Auckland University Press. p. front. ISBN 978-0-8248-2529-4. OCLC 262293605.

References

  1. ^ a b c "New Tongan heir, Prince Taufa'ahau Manumataongo born May 10 in Auckland", Matangi Tonga, 10 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Second in line to Tongan throne born in Auckland", Radio New Zealand International, 10 May 2013.
Taufaʻahau Manumataongo
House of Tupou
Born: 10 May 2013
Lines of succession
Preceded by Line of succession to the Tongan throne
2nd position 		Succeeded by