ʻElisiva Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku was the mother of King George Tupou World War II
Background
Her father was, according to newly adopted Christian law, an illegitimate son of King Tupou I because his mother was a secondary wife of the king. Her family"s luck changed when the King"s only legitimate son Prince Vuna Takitakimālohi died leaving her father as King Tupou"s heir.
Career
They had one son, the future King George Tupou World War II She became the heir to the throne after her last brother"s death in 1889 and held the status of heir apparent for two months before her own death. Thus the royal lineage passed through her. Her son"s second daughter Princess ʻElisiva Fusipala Taukiʻonetuku is named after her.
In July 1865, English explorer Julius Brenchley visited Vavaʻu for five days and met governor ʻUnga and his family including Fusipala.
Brenchley noted that she was "twelve years old, is strongly built, and has her breasts perfectly developed, as is usual in a country where the women are generally mothers before they are thirteen.