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Crown Prince of Tonga
Coat of arms of Tonga
since 18 March 2012
StyleHis Royal Highness
ResidenceRoyal Palace,Nukuʻalofa
AppointerMonarch
Inaugural holderVuna Takitakimālohi
FormationDecember 4, 1845;178 years ago(1845-12-04)
DeputyTaufaʻahau Manumataongo

TheCrown Prince of Tongais the heir to the throne ofTonga.

The Article 32 of theConstitution of Tongaprovides formale-preference primogeniture,meaning that the eldest son of theKingautomatically succeeds to the crown upon the monarch's death, and that the eldest daughter may succeed to the crown only if she has no living brothers and no deceased brothers who left surviving legitimate descendants.[1]By convention, the heir to the throne also bears thenobletitle ofTupoutoʻa;this has been the case since then-crown princeTāufaʻāhauwas conferred with the title in the late 1930s.[2]

The current Crown Prince of Tonga isTupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala,who becameheir apparentto the throne on 18 March 2012 upon the accession of his father,Tupou VI,as King.[3]

Succession to George Tupou I

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The long reign of KingGeorge Tupou I(r. 1845–1893), the first constitutional monarch of Tonga, saw six different heirs apparent to the Tongan throne. The onlylegitimateson of the King,Vuna Takitakimālohi,died unmarried in January 1862, leaving the King without an heir.[4]The succession would remain vacant for thirteen years until the promulgation of theConstitution of Tongain 1875, which legitimized Vuna's half-brotherTēvita ʻUngaand named him Crown Prince.[5]By 1889, the King would outlive ʻUnga and all three of his grandchildren –ʻUelingatoni Ngū,Nalesoni LaifoneandʻElisiva Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku.That left his great-grandson Tāufaʻāhau, Fusipala's son, as the next Crown Prince, who would succeed his great-grandfather in 1893 asGeorge Tupou II.[6][7][8]

Crown Princes of Tonga since 1845

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Portrait Name Relation to monarch Birth Became Crown Prince Ceased to be Crown Prince Death Monarch
Vuna Takitakimālohi Sole legitimate son c.1844 4 December 1845 January 1862
deceased 		George Tupou I
Tēvita ʻUnga Son c.1824 4 November 1875 18 December 1879
deceased
ʻUelingatoni Ngū Grandson 3 August 1854 18 December 1879 11 March 1885
deceased
Nalesoni Laifone Grandson c.1859 11 March 1885 6 June 1889
deceased
ʻElisiva Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku Granddaughter 18 May 1850 6 June 1889 September 1889
deceased
Tāufaʻāhau Double great-grandson 18 June 1874 September 1889 18 February 1893
acceded to throne as George Tupou II 		5 April 1918
Sālote Mafile‘o Pilolevu Eldest daughter 13 March 1900 5 April 1918
acceded to throne as Sālote Tupou III 		16 December 1965 George Tupou II
Tupoutoʻa Tungī Eldest son 4 July 1918 16 December 1965
acceded to throne as Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV 		10 September 2006 Sālote Tupou III
Tupoutoʻa Eldest son 4 May 1948 16 December 1965 10 September 2006
acceded to throne as George Tupou V 		18 March 2012 Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV
Tupoutoʻa Lavaka Younger brother 12 July 1959 27 September 2006 18 March 2012
acceded to throne as Tupou VI 		Living George Tupou V
Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala Eldest son 17 September 1985 18 March 2012 Incumbent Living Tupou VI

Timeline

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Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalalaTupou VIGeorge Tupou VTāufaʻāhau Tupou IVSālote Tupou IIIGeorge Tupou IIʻElisiva Fusipala TaukiʻonetukuNalesoni LaifoneʻUelingatoni NgūTēvita ʻUngaVuna Takitakimālohi

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Constitution of Tonga: Article 32".WIPO Lex.Archived fromthe originalon 31 August 2019.Retrieved4 April2021.
  2. ^Marcus 1978,p. 41.
  3. ^"Tonga Crown Prince weds".Radio New Zealand International.12 July 2012.Retrieved2 July2012.
  4. ^Rodman & Rutherford 2007,p. 26–27.
  5. ^Spurway 2015,p. 155.
  6. ^Wood-Ellem 1999,pp. 309, 314, 322, 324.
  7. ^Biersack 1996,p. 274.
  8. ^Hixon 2000,p. 202.

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