Taufaʻahau Manumataongo

Taufaʻahau Manumataongo
Prince of Tonga
Born	(2013-05-10) 10 May 2013 Auckland City Hospital, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand
House	Tupou
Father	Prince Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala
Mother	Princess Sinaitakala

Prince Taufaʻahau Manumataongo Tukuʻaho (born 10 May 2013) 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.

Early years

Taufaʻahau was born on 10 May 2013 at Auckland City Hospital, the teaching hospital of University of Auckland in Grafton, Auckland, the son of Crown Prince Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala and Crown Princess Sinaitakala, during the reign of his grandfather King Tupou VI.

He has three younger sisters: Princess Halaevalu Mataʻaho (born 12 July 2014); Princess Nanasipauʻu Eliana (born 20 March 2018); Princess Salote Mafile’o Pilolevu (25 February 2021).

Family tree

Tupou family tree
Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua line Tuʻi Tonga line Tuʻi Kanokupolu line Kalolaine Fusimatalili George Tupou I Fīnau Kaunanga Fifita Vavʻau Tēvita ʻUnga Sālote Mafile‘o Pilolevu Filiaipulotu Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku Fatafehi Toutaitokotaha Lavinia Veiongo George Tupou II ʻAnaseini Takipō Viliami Tungī Mailefihi Sālote Tupou III Vīlai Tupou (illegitimate son) Tupou Seini Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe Siaosi 'Alipate Tupou, Baron Vaea Tuputupu Ma'afu-'o-Tukuialahi George Tupou V Tupou VI Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala Sinaitakala Fakafanua Taufaʻahau Manumataongo
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