Sālote Tupou III was Queen of Tonga from 1918 to her death in 1965. She reigned for nearly 48 years, longer than any other Tongan monarch. She was well known for her height, standing 6 ft 3 in tall in her prime.
George Tupou II was the King of Tonga from 18 February 1893 until his death. He was officially crowned at Nukuʻalofa, on 17 March 1893. He was also the 20th Tuʻi Kanokupolu.
Fīnau ʻUlukālala was a dynasty of six important hereditary chiefs from Vavaʻu, currently in the kingdom of Tonga. The dynasty began sometime in the 18th century and died out in 1960. The chief's original estate was Tuʻanuku, and his nickname and that of the village is Tavakefaiʻana.
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 their right of succession and deprives their descendants of their right of succession if he or she marries without the monarch's permission.
Viliami Tungī Mailefihi CBE was a Tongan high chieftain and Prince Consort of Queen Sālote Tupou III. He served as Prime Minister of Tonga from 1923 until his death in 1941.
ʻElisiva Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku was the mother of King George Tupou II of Tonga.
The Crown of Tonga was made in 1873 for George Tupou I at the behest of his prime minister, The Reverend Shirley Waldemar Baker. The crown was fashioned by the jewellery firm of Hardy Brothers of Sydney, Australia. The gold crown of Tonga is reputedly the largest and heaviest crown in the world.
Siaosi (George) Manumataongo ʻAlaivahamamaʻo ʻAhoʻeitu Konstantin Tukuʻaho is the crown prince of Tonga. Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala became heir apparent to the throne in March 2012 upon the accession of his father, Tupou VI, as King of Tonga.
Tēvita ʻUnga was the first Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Tonga.
Siaosi Vuna Takitakimālohi was a Prince of Tonga, the only legitimate son and heir to King George Tupou I.
Dr Elizabeth Wood-Ellem was a Tongan-born Australian historian actively engaged in the life of Tonga and author of the definitive biography of Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga.
Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo Tukuʻaho 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. Taufa'ahau is the eldest grandson of the current King of Tonga, Tupou VI.
Nalesoni Laifone was the third Crown Prince of Tonga from 1885 to 1889. He died before succeeding to the throne.
ʻUiliamu ʻUelingatoni Ngū Tupoumālohi was the second Crown Prince of Tonga from 1879 to 1885. He is also commonly referred by his Anglicized name as "Wellington Ngu".
Sālote Lupepauʻu was Queen of Tonga from 1845 to 1889 as the wife of George Tupou I. She was the namesake of the Queen Salote College.
ʻAnaseini Takipō Afuhaʻamango was Queen of Tonga from 1909 to 1918 as the second wife of George Tupou II. Her name was also often rendered as Ana Seini Takipo.
Lavinia Veiongo Fotu was Queen of Tonga from 1899 to 1902 as the first wife of George Tupou II.
ʻElisiva Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku, known as Fusipala, was a Princess of Tonga and daughter of King George Tupou II and Queen ʻAnaseini Takipō.
Rodger Clarence George Page was an Australian missionary and religious leader in Tonga. He was royal chaplain and advisor to Queen Sālote for over 20 years and a long-serving president of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga, the de facto state church.
Princess Lavinia Mata-ʻo-Tāone, Lady Maʻafu was a member of the Tongan Royal family. She was the third daughter of Prince Fatafehi Tuʻipelehake.
