Baroness Tuputupu Vaea

Born(1928-10-14)14 October 1928

Tonga

Died29 July 2021(2021-07-29) (aged 92)

Houma, Tongatapu, Tonga

Burial placeKolomanatau Cemetery, Houma, Tongatapu

SpouseBaron Vaea (died 2009)

Baroness Tuputupu Vaea
Born	(1928-10-14)14 October 1928 Tonga
Died	29 July 2021(2021-07-29) (aged 92) Houma, Tongatapu, Tonga
Burial place	Kolomanatau Cemetery, Houma, Tongatapu
Spouse	Baron Vaea (died 2009)
Children	Seven, including Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho ʻAlipate Tuʻivanuavou Vaea
Parents	Sosaia Lausi‘i Ma’afu (father) ‘Anau-ki he-Sina Sunia Mafile’o (mother)

Tuputupu -‘o-Pulotu Vaea, The Honourable Baroness Tuputupu ‘o Pulotu Vaea of Houma (née Ma'afu-'o-Tukuialahi; 14 October 1928 – 29 July 2021) was a Tongan noblewoman and royal. Vaea and her late husband, former Prime Minister of Tonga Baron Vaea (1921–2009), are the parents of the present Queen of Tonga, Queen Nanasipau'u.^[1] She was the mother-in-law of the present King of Tonga, Tupou VI.^[2]

She was the eldest daughter of Siosaia Lausi’i, 7th Ma’afu-’o- Tukui’aulahi, of Vaini and his wife, ’Anaukihesina Lamipeti.^[3]

The baroness and her late husband, Baron Vaea, had seven children and one adopted daughter: Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho, 'Alipate Tu'ivanuavou Vaea, 'Amelia Luoluafetu'u Vaea, Luseane Luani (Dowager Lady Luani) and Cassandra Vaea (formerly Tuipelehake).^[4] Two sons, Moimoikimofuta Kaifahina Vaea, Ratu Edward Vaea, are deceased.^[4]