Lavinia Veiongo

Lavinia Veiongo Fotu (9 February 1879 – 24 April 1902) was Queen of Tonga from 1899 to 1902 as the first wife of George Tupou II.

ʻAsipeli Kupuavanua Fotu, who served as Minister of Police, and her mother was Tōkanga Fuifuilupe, a daughter of Pita Fotofili, Noble of Niuafo'ou.

[1] King George Tupou II was expected to marry Princess ʻOfakivavaʻu, of the Tuʻi Kanokupolu line.

He asked the Council of Chiefs to choose between the two women, but when the majority voiced support for ʻOfa, he threatened to remain a bachelor unless he was allowed to marry Lavinia.

King Tupou II greatly mourned the passing of his wife and erected a marble monument to her honor on the burial site.