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Tuʻi Tonga, rulers of Tonga from c. 950 to 9th December, 1865, when the last Tu'i Tonga, HM Sanualio Fatafehi Laufilitonga, died. Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua, rulers of Tonga from c. 1470 to c. 1800. Tuʻi Kanokupolu, rulers of Tonga from c. 1500 to the present day. George Tupou I, the first constitutional monarch of Tonga, was the 19th Tuʻi Kanokupolu.
Date Event 1918: 5 April: George Tupou II died and was succeeded by Queen Sālote Tupou III. 1965: 16 December: Sālote Tupou died and was succeeded by King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV. 1970: July: Tonga regained full sovereignty and independence from the United Kingdom and joined the Commonwealth of Nations. 1999: 14 September: Tonga joined the ...
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The title ended with the death of the last Tuʻi Tonga, Sanualio Fatafehi Laufilitonga, in 1865, who bequeathed the ancient title and its mana to his nephew, Fatafehi Tu'i Pelehake, who was the Tu'i Faleua, or Lord of the Second House (traditionally supposed to succeed to the office of the Tuʻi Tonga should the original line of kings perish ...
The history of Tonga is recorded since the ninth century BC, when seafarers associated with the Lapita diaspora first settled the islands which now make up the Kingdom of Tonga. [1] Along with Fiji and Samoa, the area served as a gateway into the rest of the Pacific region known as Polynesia . [ 2 ]
The Crown Prince of Tonga is the heir to the throne of Tonga.. The Article 32 of the Constitution of Tonga provides for male-preference primogeniture, meaning that the eldest son of the King automatically succeeds to the crown upon the monarch's death, and that the eldest daughter may succeed to the crown only if she has no living brothers and no deceased brothers who left surviving legitimate ...
Dame Grand Cross of the Most Devoted Order of the Royal Household Order of Tonga [citation needed] Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho : King George Tupou V Royal Family Order of Tonga (1.8.2011) [citation needed] Princess Salote Mafileʻo Pilolevu Tuita : Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Crown of Tonga (31.7.2008) [citation needed]
The order of succession to the throne of Tonga is laid down in the 1875 constitution. The crown descends according to male-preference cognatic primogeniture.Only legitimate descendants through legitimate line of King George Tupou I's son and grandson, Crown Prince Tēvita ʻUnga and Prince ʻUelingatoni Ngū, are entitled to succeed.