VEIKUNE (Chiefly Title)


TITLE: Honourable Veikune HA'A: Ha'a Sina'e 'Eikikimu'a
STATE: Tonga (Longoteme, Matamoana, Ha'akoka etc.) CREATION: 1903
   
PRESENT TITLE HOLDER:  The Nopele Veikune (Hon. Fatafehi Fuataki Folaha Veikune), 5th Veikune since 26th January 2006.
born 1970, installed on 9th May 2008, backdated to 26th January 2006; married 2005, Hon. Lavinia Fangaake Ma'afu, daughter of the Noble Ma'afu [Hon. Siosaia Lausi'i], 10th Ma'afu Tukui'aulahi, and his wife, HRH Princess Lavinia Mata-'o-Taone Tuku'aho, and has issue, one child.
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: The Veikune's estates in Tongatapu are Longoteme, Matamoana, 'Oneata island and Kanatea island. In Vava'u, the Veikune's estates are Pale'a, Talahuo, Lolopipi, Longomapu, Kolotahi Island, and Ha'akoka and Fangaeva. Title Holders were...
  1. Hon. Siosateki Tonga Veikune [The Noble Veikune], 1st Veikune 1903/1913, born 4th January 1853 in Nuku'alofa, Veikune [cr.1903], 4th Prime Minister of Tonga [1893] - [xx.1.1905]; married 1stly, Hon. 'Akanesi Tu'ifua Taumoepeau, daughter of Taumoepeau Tuita (see Tuita), and his wife, Tupoutu'a Laumanukilupe, married 2ndly, 20th August 1889 in Nuku'alofa, Hon. 'Ane Manakoikafo'ou Fusifusi Vahai'i, born 6th July 1863 in Fo'ui, Tongatapu, and had issue, as well as further issue by Sela Teukisiafo'ou, daughter of Taniela Havea Tuvaka (see Tokemoana), and his wife, Temaleti Manakovi Momohu. He died 17th October 1913 in Nuku'alofa. 
    • Hon. 'Osaiasi Fotu'afalefa Veikune (by 'Akanesi Tu'ifua) (qv)
    • Hon. Melenaite 'Uheina (by 'Akanesi Tu'ifua)
    • Hon. 'Ilaisaane Fonuku Veikune (by 'Ane Manakoikafo'ou), died 21st September 1899.
    • Hon. Luseane Fusipala 'o-Pangai Veikune (by 'Ane Manakoikafo'ou), born 10th May 1890 in Nuku'alofa, married 18th July 1911 in Nuku'alofa, Hon. Sione Panuve, 10th Ma'atu, died sp 22nd June 1923. 
    • Hon. 'Amelia Tonga Veikune (by 'Ane Manakoikafo'ou), born 15th March 1892 in Nuku'alofa, married 12th August 1912 in Nuku'alofa, Hon. Samiuela Mafile'o, and had issue (see Tuita). She died 6th April 1946.
    • Hon. Viliami Kinahoi Veikune (by 'Ane Manakoikafo'ou), born 17th September 1894 in Nuku'alofa, married 9th April 1919 in Nuku'alofa, Hon. Seini Latai, born 1898, died 1962, and had issue.
      • Hon. Sione Matangi Tulikiheinasi Veikune
    • Hon. Siosiua Alo Veikune (by 'Ane Manakoikafo'ou), born 21st August 1896 in Nuku'alofa, married 6th January 1921 in Nuku'alofa, Hon. Mele Taumoepeau, born 21st July 1901, died 16th October 1941, daughter of Vainikolo Taumoepeau, and his wife, 'Elisiva Uafu Takitoa, and had issue, six children. He died 1956.
      • Latu'ila Tonga Veikune
      • Moahengi 'O Vava'u Veikune
      • Viliami Kinahoi Veikune
      • 'Elenoa Fatafehi Faka'ilo 'Ehe Fuka Veikune, born 27th May 1936, married Maile Latamai Vuna Tupou (see Tupou), and had issue. She died 6th February 2003.
      • Siosiua Alo Veikune, born 17th February 1938, died 24th May 1992.
      • 'Osaiasi Vainikolo Veikune
    • Hon. 'Inoke Sateki Matafonuafotu Veikune (by 'Ane Manakoikafo'ou), born 19th August 1898 in Nuku'alofa, married 10th March 1923 in Nuku'alofa, Hon. Lavinia Veiongo Fotofili, born 3rd May 1902 in Nuku'alofa, died 1927, daughter of Hon. Siosiua Fotofili, 6th Fotofili, and his wife, Hon. Leafa'itulangi Kalaniuvalu, and had issue. He died 17th March 1951 in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.
      • HRH Princess Melenaite Tupoumoheofo, born 13th November 1924, married 10th June 1947 in Nuku'alofa, HRH Prince Sione Ngu Manumata'ongo 'Uelingatoni Tuku'aho, born 7th January 1922 in Nuku'alofa, died 10th April 1999 in Auckland, New Zealand, 5th Fatafehi Tu'ipelehake 1944/1999, Premier 1965/1970 and Prime Minister 1970/1991, and had issue. She died 16th March 1993 in Auckland, New Zealand.
      • Hon. Seniloli Ratu Popi Veikune, born 1926, married Hon. 'Ane Tokanga Fuifuilupe Lamipeti (see Tungi), daughter of Hon. Sione Lamipeti, and his wife, Hon. ‘Ana Fotu, daughter of Siaosi Tuku’aho Fotu, and had issue. He died February 2006.
        • Hon. Luseane Fusipala Veikune
        • Hon. Lavinia Veiongo Veikune Fotu
        • Hon. Mekinolia Fakatafa'imoana Veikune
    • 'Etonisa Tonga Veikune (by Sela)

  2. Hon. Osaiasi Fotu'afalefa Veikune [The Noble Veikune], 2nd Veikune 1913/1951, Governor of Vava'u, born 1880, married 1900, Hon. Mele Vahoi Taukiata'ongo Tangitau, died 29th December 1942, daughter of Siale'ataongo Tangitau (see Tupou), and his wife, Tupou Moheofo Tupou, and had issue. He died 17th March 1951 in Vava'u, Tonga. 
    • Hon. Vuna Sateki Veikune, born 14th November 1902.
    • Hon. 'Akanesi Tu'ifua Latuholeva Veikune, born 2nd September 1903, married, 1st July 1935, Mervyn Douglas Carrick from Great Britain (#1), died 17th January 1966. She died 1995.
    • Hon. Manumata'ongo Veikune
    • Hon. Salote Heuifanga Veikune, born 31st July 1905, married Hon Tevita Manuopangai 'Ahome'e [The Noble 'Ahome'e], 2nd 'Ahome'e, born 23rd July 1898, died 20th March 1961 in Nuku'alofa, and had issue. She died December 1996.
    • Hon. Samiuela Fuatakifolaha Veikune, born 1907, died 22nd September 1907.
    • Hon. Siosifa Latu Lala Veikune (qv)
    • Hon. Melenaite Veiongo Veikune, born 1909, died 20th March 1913.
    • Hon. 'Uluakimata Veikune
    • Hon. Tupou 'Ahome'e Veikune, died 20th November 1918.

  3. Hon. Siosifa Latu Lala Veikune [The Noble Veikune], 3rd Veikune [1951] - [15.3.1959], born 28th September 1908, married 28th July 1942, Hon. 'Ofakivava'u Kaho, born about 1920, died 2005, daughter of Hon. Sioape 'Alo Kaho (see Tu'ivakano), and had issue. He died 15th March 1959.
    • Hon. Siosifa Fatafehi Fuatakifolaha Veikune (qv)
    • Hon. Cecilio Henele Ma'afu'otuitonga Veikune
    • Hon. Mapa Veikune

  4. Hon. Siosifa Fatafehi Fuatakifolaha Veikune [The Noble Veikune], 4th Veikune [1959] - [25.1.2006], born 12th April 1944, Speaker of the House 1998/2001 and 2005/2006, lost his parliamentary seat and was stripped of his nobles title, on the 3rd of February and backdated to 26th January 2006, as a result he has resumed his original name of Siosifa Fatafehi Fuatakifolaha, married Hon. 'Atilua Fakatoufifita, daughter of Hon. Tevita Meipulu Fakatoufifita, 13th Tu'i Lakepa, and his wife, Hon. Tupou Pekipaki Sekona, and has issue.
    • Hon. Fatafehi Fuataki Folaha Veikune (qv)

  5. Hon. Fatafehi Fuataki Folaha Veikune (see above)
 
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1. "Queen Salote of Tonga : 1900-1965" by Elizabeth Wood Ellem, Auckland University Press, 1999; p.317