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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. A person ...
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 ...
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.
6.2 Independence (1970) 7 21st century ... by a single individual of the future Tuʻi Tonga familial line, ... led to the assassination of several rulers in succession.
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 ...
[2] [3] After the death of his uncle Vuna Takitakimālohi, his father ʻUnga was legitimized and named Crown Prince under the terms of the first written constitution of Tonga on 4 November 1875. [4] The line of succession outlined in the constitution gave precedence to his father and then Ngu's legitimate descendants followed by his younger ...
Sinaitakala Fakafanua is 26th in line to the Tongan throne. [5] The wedding marked the first marriage of a Tongan crown prince in sixty-five years. [5] 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.
Prince Tāufaʻāhau Manumataongo Tukuʻaho (born 10 May 2013) [1] is a member of the Tongan royal family, second in the line of succession to the Tongan throne as the eldest child and only son of Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala. [1] Tāufaʻāhau is the eldest grandson of the current King of Tonga, Tupou VI.