Soane-Patita Vaimua Lavelua

Soane-Patita Vaimua Lavelua (1799 — 21 November 1858) was a king of Uvea in the 19th century. He was named king in 1829 at the age of thirty) and reigned until his death in 1858.^[1] During his reign, Marist missionaries landed in Wallis in 1837 and converted the population. He then became the first Lavelua baptized Catholic^[1] and took the name Jean-Baptiste, in Wallisian "Soane Patita".^[2] He died at almost sixty years of age of pneumonia on 21 November 1858.^[3] His sister Falakika Seilala succeeded him only a few weeks later, on 5 December 1858.^[3]

He was the father of Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki, who become queen of Uvea in 1869,^[4] and of Vito Lavelua II, who became king in 1895.^[5]