Succession to the Tongan throne

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 loses his or her right of succession and deprives his or her descendants of their right of succession if he or she marries without the monarch's permission.

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Line of succession

The current line of succession is as follows:[1]

  • King Tupou IV (1918–2006)
    • King Tupou V (1948–2012)
    • Ma’atu Fatafehi ʻAlaivahamamaʻo Tukuʻaho (1954–2004, removed from the line of succession in 1980 after marrying a commoner)
      • The Prince Tungi (b. 1990)
      • Salote Maumautaimi Haim Hadessah Ber Yardena ‘Alanuanua Tuku’aho (b. 1991)
      • Fatafehi Sione Ikamafana Ta’anekinga ‘o Tonga Tuku'aho (b. 1994)
      • ‘Etani Ha’amea Tupoulahi Tu’uakitau Ui Tu’alangi Tuku’aho (b. 1995)
    • King Tupou VI (born 1959)
    • (7) Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita, Lady Tuita (b. 1951)
      • (8) Sālote Lupepau'u Salamasina Purea Vahine Arii 'Oe Hau Tuita (b. 1977)
        • (9) Phaedra Anaseini Tupouveihola Ikaleti Olo-'i-Fangatapu Fusituʻa (b. 2003)
      • (10) Titilupe Fanetupouvava'u Tuita Tu'ivakano (b. 1978)
        • (11) Simon Tu'iha'atu'unga George Ma'ulupekotofa Tu'ivakano (b. 2011)
        • (12) Michaela Tu'ivakano (b. 2012)
        • (13) Fatafehi Tu'ivakano (b. 2013)
      • (14) Frederica Lupe'uluiva Fatafehi 'o Lapaha Tuita Filipe (b. 1983)
        • (15) Latu'alaifotu'aika Fahina e Paepae Tian Tian Filipe (b. 2014)
      • (16) Lupeolo Halaevalu Moheofo Virginia Rose Tuita (b. 1986)

References
  1. "Succession to the Tongan Throne". Tonga Government Portal. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  2. "New Tongan heir, Prince Taufa'ahau Manumataongo born May 10 in Auckland", Matangi Tonga
  3. "Tonga's New Princess: Halaevalu Mata'aho", Matangi Tonga, 14 July 2014
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