Tupua Tamasese

Tupua's rise also led to the first usage of the term tama a ʻāiga by the orator polity of Leulumoega and Lufilufi, in reference to his many genealogical connections to the great families of Ātua.

Titimaea’s actions restored the Salamasina line's prestige after the family’s reign was usurped by Leiataua Tamafaigā of Manono and the rise of the Malietoa Vainu’upo.

The ʻAiga Sā Fenunuivao of Falefa and Salani holds authority and custodianship of the title as descendants, deciding who from among the heirs it is bestowed upon.

Sa Malietoa rejoined at the beginning of the 19th century, coinciding with the collapse of Manono's dominance and the arrival of British missionaries.

Both the tama a ʻāiga Tupua Tamasese title and the pāpā Tui Ātua mantle are currently held by Tui Ātua Tupua Tamasese Efi, a former Samoan prime minister and head of state.

As the successor of King Muagututiʻa, the orators of Tumua - the orator polity of Upolu based in Lufilufi and Leulumoega - questioned who this child was to assume such an important mantle and whether he possessed the necessary genealogical links to the great families of Samoa in order to be worthy.

[2] Through this careful process, it was revealed that Fuiavailili's biological father Fuimaono was both a relative of Fenunuʻivao and also a direct descendant of Queen Salamasina's second child, Tapumanaia (also known as Tapusatele).

Having satisfied the requirements of having strong linkages to Samoa's royal lineages and noble families, Fuiavailili was named Tupua and proclaimed as the first Tama a 'Āiga (lit.

This relationship brought forth a daughter named Fofoaivaoese, who grew to become Tuiaʻana and the ancestress of Fonoti and Tupua.

[8] Alapepe, however, was pursued by the furious Tonumaipeʻa clan to the Tongan island of Tongatapu where he was killed for “defiling” the taupou.

Salamāsina's son by Tapumanaia was named after his father and later received the Lesātele title of the Salani and Sālesātele villages in Falealili, thereafter known as Tapusatele.

[8] In a twist of fate, the lines of both Fofoaivaoese and Tapusatele - Salamasina's heirs - were reunited by Tupua Fuiavailili, the first Tama-a-'Aiga.

Tafaʻifā King Tupua Fuiavailili (the first Tupua and the first 'Tama-a-ʻaiga) [4] Tafaʻifā Queen Salamāsina (progenitor of Samoa's four main royal bloodlines) Tapumanaia (taken to Falealili and renamed Tapusatele; marries Sailau, daughter of Leutele, of Falefa.)