Coronation 4 July 1967 Name Halaevalu ʻAhomeʻe Parents Heuʻifanga | Religion Methodism Great grandchildren Taufaʻahau Manumataongo | |
Tenure 16 December 1965 - 10 September 2006 Issue King George Tupou V of TongaPrincess Salote, Princess RoyalPrince FatafehiKing Tupou VI of Tonga Father Ahomeʻe (Manu-ʻo-pangai) Spouse Taufaʻahau Tupou IV (m. 1947–2006) Children Tupou VI, George Tupou V, Salote Mafileʻo Pilolevu Tuita Grandchildren Prince Ata, ʻIlima Lei Tohi, Princess Latufuipeka Tukuʻaho, Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala Similar People Taufaʻahau Tupou IV, Salote Mafileʻo Pilolevu T, Tupou VI, George Tupou V, Princess Latufuipeka Tukuʻaho | ||
Halaevalu Mata'aho ʻAhomeʻe (29 May 1926 – 19 February 2017) was the Queen Consort of Tonga from 1965 to 2006 and the wife of the late King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, who died in 2006. She was the Queen Mother of George Tupou V and the reigning King Tupou VI.
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Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe was born on 29 May 1926, the oldest daughter of ‘Ahome’e (Manu-‘o-pangai) and his wife, Heuʻifanga, a great-granddaughter of the last King of the Tuʻi Tonga Empire. The Queen Mother is a great-great-granddaughter of Maʻafu. Halaevalu Mataʻaho married her husband, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, on June 10, 1947. Taufa'ahau Tupou IV died in 2006.
She was educated at St Joseph’s Convent School, Nuku’alofa, Tongatapu, and St Mary’s College, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand.
The Queen Mother celebrated her 85th birthday in 2011 with a five-day celebration held in May. The celebrations began with a Garden Party for more than one hundred Tongan women held at the home of the President of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga, Rev. Dr. ‘Ahio. The Queen Mother attended a Catholic mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Ma'ufanga with King Siaosi Tupou V on May 26, 2011. The Tongan Ministry of Education, Women Affairs and Culture held a student celebration for her birthday on May 27, with of primary school students from Pangai Lahi to Teufaiva Park, including presenting the Queen Mother with birthday gifts. A private party was held in Ha'avakatolo the next day, followed by a church service held at Centennial Church on Sunday, May 29, with a royal luncheon at the Royal Palace in Nukuʻalofa.
The Queen Mother embarked on a two-week trip to the U.S. state of Utah in July and August 2011. Specifically, the Queen Mother came to visit the Tongan United Methodist Church in West Valley City, Utah, whose congregation had raised approximately $500,000 in less than a year to pay off the mortgage on the building. The Mayor of West Valley City, Michael K. Winder, awarded the Queen Mother the key to the city on July 27, 2011. She met with Utah Governor Gary Herbert the next day.
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