Baroness Tuputupu Vaea
Tuputupu -‘o-Pulotu Vaea, The Honourable Baroness Tuputupu ‘o Pulotu Vaea of Houma was a Tongan noblewoman and royal. Vaea and her late husband, former Prime Minister of Tonga Baron Vaea, are the parents of the present Queen of Tonga, Queen Nanasipau'u. She was the mother-in-law of the present King of Tonga, Tupou VI.
She was the eldest daughter of Siosaia Lausi’i, 7th Ma’afu-’o- Tukui’aulahi, of Vaini and his wife, ’Anaukihesina Lamipeti.
The baroness and her late husband, Baron Vaea, had seven children and one adopted daughter: Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho, 'Alipate Tu'ivanuavou Vaea, 'Amelia Luoluafetu'u Vaea, Luseane Luani and Cassandra Vaea. Two sons, Moimoikimofuta Kaifahina Vaea, Ratu Edward Vaea, are deceased.