List of monarchs of Tonga

King of Tonga
Coat of arms of Tonga
Incumbent
Tupou VI since 18 March 2012
Details
Style	His Majesty
Heir apparent	Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala
First monarch	George Tupou I
Formation	December 4, 1845; 179 years ago (1845-12-04)
Residence	Royal Palace, Nukuʻalofa

This is a list of monarchs of Tonga since 1845, after the Constitution of Tonga established the role of the monarch. The first constitutional monarch of Tonga was George Tupou I.

2008 cession of powers

Three days before his coronation on 1 August 2008, George Tupou V announced that he would relinquish most of his powers and be guided by the Prime Minister of Tonga's recommendations on most matters.^[1]

Budget allocation to monarchy

The annual budget allocation to the monarchy is T$ 4,894,900 (c. US$2,116,799).^[2]

Earlier monarchs of Tonga

• Tuʻi Tonga, rulers of Tonga from c. 950 to 9th December, 1865, when the last Tu'i Tonga, HM Sanualio Fatafehi Laufilitonga, died.
• Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua, rulers of Tonga from c. 1470 to c. 1800.
• Tuʻi Kanokupolu, rulers of Tonga from c. 1500 to the present day. George Tupou I, the first constitutional monarch of Tonga, was the 19th Tuʻi Kanokupolu.

Monarchs of Tonga since 1845

Name	Lifespan	Reign start	Reign end	Notes	Family	Image
George Tupou I	(1797-12-04)4 December 1797 – 18 February 1893(1893-02-18) (aged 95)	4 December 1845	18 February 1893	Son of Tupoutoʻa, 17th Tuʻi Kanokupolu	Tupou
George Tupou II	(1874-06-18)18 June 1874 – 5 April 1918(1918-04-05) (aged 43)	18 February 1893	5 April 1918	Double Great-grandson of George Tupou I	Tupou
Sālote Tupou III	(1900-03-13)13 March 1900 – 16 December 1965(1965-12-16) (aged 65)	5 April 1918	16 December 1965	Daughter of George Tupou II	Tupou
Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV	(1918-07-04)4 July 1918 – 10 September 2006(2006-09-10) (aged 88)	16 December 1965	10 September 2006	Son of Sālote Tupou III	Tupou
George Tupou V	(1948-05-04)4 May 1948 – 18 March 2012(2012-03-18) (aged 63)	11 September 2006	18 March 2012	Son of Tāufaʻahau Tupou IV	Tupou
Tupou VI	(1959-07-12) 12 July 1959 (age 65)	18 March 2012	Incumbent	Son of Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV Brother of George Tupou V	Tupou

Timeline

Royal standards

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  Royal standard of Tonga (1862–1875)
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  Royal standard of Tonga

Family tree

v t e Tupou family tree
Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua line Tuʻi Tonga line Tuʻi Kanokupolu line Kalolaine Fusimatalili George Tupou I Fīnau Kaunanga Fifita Vavʻau Tēvita ʻUnga Sālote Mafile‘o Pilolevu Filiaipulotu Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku Fatafehi Toutaitokotaha Lavinia Veiongo George Tupou II ʻAnaseini Takipō Viliami Tungī Mailefihi Sālote Tupou III Vīlai Tupou (illegitimate son) Tupou Seini Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe Siaosi 'Alipate Tupou, Baron Vaea Tuputupu Ma'afu-'o-Tukuialahi George Tupou V Tupou VI Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala Sinaitakala Fakafanua Taufaʻahau Manumataongo
Reference: Fox, James J.; Sather, Clifford (1996). Origins, Ancestry and Alliance: Explorations in Austronesian Ethnography. Canberra: Department of Anthropology, Australian National University. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-7315-2432-7. OCLC 245762652. Kaeppler, Adrienne Lois; D.C. (2008). The Pacific Arts of Polynesia and Micronesia. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-19-284238-1. OCLC 236158882. Völkel, Svenja (2010). Social Structure, Space and Possession in Tongan Culture and Language: An Ethnolinguistic Study. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 978-90-272-0283-3. Wood-Ellem, Elizabeth (1999). Queen Sālote of Tonga: The Story of an Era 1900-1965. Auckland, N.Z: Auckland University Press. p. front. ISBN 978-0-8248-2529-4. OCLC 262293605.

See also

• Politics of Tonga
  • Prime Minister of Tonga
• Crown of Tonga
• Crown Prince of Tonga
• List of royal consorts of Tonga
• Succession to the Tongan throne

References

1. "Tonga's king to cede key powers" Archived 8 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, BBC, 29 July 2008
2. "King Of Tonga Assents To Parliament's $170 Million Budget - Pacific Islands Report". www.pireport.org. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

External links

• Monarch of Tonga at World Statesman Encyclopedia