Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe

Halaevalu Mata'aho ʻAhomeʻe (born 29 May 1926) is the mother of the deceased King George Tupou V and the reigning King Tupou VI of Tonga, as well as the widow of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, who died in 2006.

Biography

Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe was born on 29 May 1926, the oldest daughter of ‘Ahome’e (Manu-‘o-pangai) and his wife, Heuʻifanga, a great-granddaughter of the last King of the Tuʻi Tonga Empire. The Queen Mother is a great-great-granddaughter of Maʻafu. Halaevalu Mataʻaho married her husband, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, on June 10, 1947. Taufa'ahau Tupou IV died in 2006.

The Queen Mother celebrated her 85th birthday in 2011 with a five-day celebration held in May. The celebrations began with a Garden Party for more than one hundred Tongan women held at the home of the President of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga, Rev. Dr. ‘Ahio. The Queen Mother attended a Catholic mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Ma'ufanga with King Siaosi Tupou V on May 26, 2011. The Tongan Ministry of Education, Women Affairs and Culture held a student celebration for her birthday on May 27, with of primary school students from Pangai Lahi to Teufaiva Park, including presenting the Queen Mother with birthday gifts. A private party was held in Ha'avakatolo the next day, followed by a church service held at Centennial Church on Sunday, May 29, with a royal luncheon at the Royal Palace in Nukuʻalofa.

The Queen Mother embarked on a two-week trip to the U.S. state of Utah in July and August 2011. Specifically, the Queen Mother came to visit the Tongan United Methodist Church in West Valley City, Utah, whose congregation had raised approximately $500,000 in less than a year to pay off the mortgage on the building. The Mayor of West Valley City, Michael K. Winder, awarded the Queen Mother the key to the city on July 27, 2011. She met with Utah Governor Gary Herbert the next day.

Patronages

• President of the Tonga Red Cross Society (TRCS) since 1972.

Titles and honours

Titles

• 1926 – 1947 : The Honorable Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe.
• 1947 – 1965 : Her Royal Highness Princess Halaevalu Mata'aho, The Crown Princess of Tonga.
• 1965 – 2006 : Her Majesty Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho, The Queen of Tonga.
• Since 2006 : Her Majesty Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho, The Queen Mother of Tonga.

National Honours

See also List of honours of the Tongan Royal Family by country

• Vorlage:Flag: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Order of Pouono (KGCCP)
• Vorlage:Flag: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Crown of Tonga (KGCCCT)
• Vorlage:Flag: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Queen Salote Tupou III (KGCQS)
• Vorlage:Flag: Former Grand Mistress Dame of the King George Tupou V Royal Family Order (DKGTRFO)
• Vorlage:Flag: Recipient of the Tongan Red Cross Medal (RTRCM)
• Vorlage:Flag: Recipient of the King Tupou VI Coronation Medal
• Vorlage:Flag: Recipient of the King George Tupou V Coronation Medal
• Vorlage:Flag: Recipient of the King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV Silver Jubilee Medal

Foreign Honours

• Vorlage:Flag: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Badge Medal (2 June 1953)
• Vorlage:Flag: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Badge Medal (6 February 1977)
• Vorlage:Flagicon China: Grand Cross (Special Class) of the Order of Propitious Clouds (19 September 1977)
• Vorlage:Flag: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Special Class (2 December 1977)
• Vorlage:Flag: Paulownia Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown

Ancestry

See the Tongan language page and ancestor's page ... Vorlage:Ahnentafel top

16. Tupou Tevita ʻAhomeʻe

8. Taniela ʻOtukolo ʻAhomeʻe

17. Lavinia Longoaʻameʻe

4. Solomone Piutau ʻOtukolo ʻAhomeʻe

18. ʻAisea Vau Mataele

9. Siulolovau Vaea

19. ʻIlaisipa Tuʻionetoa

2. Tēvita Manuopangai ʻAhomeʻe

20. Sūnia Mafileʻo

10. Viliami Maealiuaki Mafileʻo

21. Losaline Mafikaunanga

5. ʻAmelia Moʻungaʻaelangi Maealiuaki

22. George Alexander Blake

11. Maʻata Peleki (Martha Blake)

23. Matelita Fusilangoia Tangulu

1. Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe

24. ʻOsaiasi Tonga Veikune

12. Siosāteki Tonga Veikune

25. Temaleti Manakovi

6. Fotu ʻa Falefā Veikune

26. Taumoepeau

13. ʻAkanesi Tuʻifua

27. Tupoutuʻa Laumanukilupe

3. Heuʻifanga Veikune

28. ʻEnele Maʻafu

14. Siale ʻAtaongo

29. ʻElenoa Ngataialupe Lutui

7. Vāhoi ʻAtaongo

30. ʻIsileli Tupou

15. Tupou Moheofo

31. Lavinia Veiongo Mahanga