Soane-Patita Lavuia

He succeeded Sosefo Mautāmakia I following a dispute between the king, the resident of France and the Catholic mission.

A hundred Wallisians favorable to the Marists took up arms and marched on Mata Utu on 1 April; the king, abandoned by his family, was then forced to abdicate.

Soane Patita Lavuia was chosen to be the next ruler, but Brochard refused to accept his election.

[1] The crisis was resolved on 18 May with the arrival by ship of the governor of New Caledonia, Adrien Bonhoure, who asked the resident to make an official apology to Father Bazin.

A new deliberation of the customary chiefs was held on board the warship Kersaint on 19 May 1910, and Soane Patita Lavuia was confirmed as the new Lavelua.

Adrien Bonhoure , Governor of New Caledonia in 1910, helped resolve the political crisis that led to the recognition of Soane Patita Lavuia as King of Uvea.