Nanasipauûu Tukuûaho (née Nanasipauûu Vaea; born 8 March 1954) is Queen of Tonga as the wife of King Tupou VI.
Nanasipauûu Vaea is the daughter of the late Baron Vaea, a former Prime Minister of Tonga from 1991 to 2000, and the late Baroness Tuputupu Vaea. She has six siblings:
She was married at the Chapel Royal, at the Royal Palace, in Nukuûalofa on 11 December 1982 to Tupou VI. The couple have three children and four grandchildren.
Their eldest child, Princess LÃÂtà «fuipeka Tukuûaho (Angelika LÃÂtà «fuipeka Halaevalu Mataûaho Napua-o-kalani Tukuûaho), born on November 17, 1983, has been the High Commissioner to Australia since August 22, 2012.
Their second child, Crown Prince Tupoutoûa ûUlukalala (Siaosi Manumataongo ûAlaivahamamaûo ûAhoûeitu Konstantin Tukuûaho), born on September 17, 1985, married his second cousin, Sinaitakala Fakafanua, on July 12, 2012. They have four children: Prince Taufaûahau Manumataongo (born May 10, 2013), Princess Halaevalu Mataûaho (born July 12, 2015), Princess Nanasipauûu (born March 20, 2018), and Princess Salote MafileâÂÂo Pilolevu (born February 25, 2021).
Their third child is Prince Ata (Viliami ûUnuaki-ûo-Tonga Mumui Lalaka-Mo-e-ûEiki Tukuûaho), born on April 27, 1988.