Line of 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-preferance cognatic primogeniture. Only legitimate descendants through legitimate line of King George Tupou I's two sons, Crown Prince Tēvita ʻUnga and Prince Uelingatoni 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.
Line of succession
The current line of succession is as follows:[1]
Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
Tupou VI
- (1) Siaosi Manumataongo ʻAlaivahamamaʻo ʻAhoʻeitu Konstantin Tukuʻaho
- (2) Taufaʻahau Manumataongo (b. 10 May 2013)[2]
- (3) Uiliame ʻUnuakiʻ'otonga Lalaka mo e ʻEiki Tukuʻaho
- (4) ʻAngelika Lātūfuipeka Halaʻevalu Mataʻaho Napuaʻokalani Tukuʻaho
- (1) Siaosi Manumataongo ʻAlaivahamamaʻo ʻAhoʻeitu Konstantin Tukuʻaho
- (5) Sālote Mafileʻo Pilolevu Tuita
- (6) Sālote Lupepauʻu Salamasina Pureau Vahine Arii 'o e Hau Tuita
- (7) Phaedra Ana Seini Tupouveihola Ikaleti Olo-'i-Fangatapu Fusituʻa
- (8) Titilupe Fanetupou Vavaʻu Tuita-Tu'ivakano
- (9) Simon Tu'iha'atu'unga George Ma'ulupekotofa Tu'ivakano
- (10) Lupeuluhiva Fatafehi 'o Lapaha Tuita
- (11) Lupeolo Halaevalu Moheofo Virginia Rose Tuita
- (6) Sālote Lupepauʻu Salamasina Pureau Vahine Arii 'o e Hau Tuita
References
- ^ "Succession to the Tongan Throne". Tonga Government Portal. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
- ^ "New Tongan heir, Prince Taufa'ahau Manumataongo born May 10 in Auckland", Matangi Tonga, 10 May 2013
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