Soane-Patita Vaimua Lavelua

Soane-Patita Vaimua Lavelua (1799 — 21 November 1858) was a king of Uvea in the 19th century. He was named king in 1829 at the age of thirty) and reigned until his death in 1858.[1] During his reign, Marist missionaries landed in Wallis in 1837 and converted the population. He then became the first Lavelua baptized Catholic[1] and took the name Jean-Baptiste, in Wallisian "Soane Patita".[2] He died at almost sixty years of age of pneumonia on 21 November 1858.[3] His sister Falakika Seilala succeeded him only a few weeks later, on 5 December 1858.[3]

He was the father of Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki, who become queen of Uvea in 1869,[4] and of Vito Lavelua II, who became king in 1895.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Vienne, Bernard; Frimigacci, Daniel (2006). "Les fondations du royaume de 'Uvea: Une histoire à revisiter". Journal de la Société des Océanistes (122–123): 27–60. doi:10.4000/jso.529. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  2. ^ Chave-Dartoen, Sophie (2017). "Chapitre 4". Royauté, chefferie et monde socio-cosmique à Wallis ('Uvea). Monographies. pacific-credo Publications. pp. 189–240. ISBN 9782956398172. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b Frédéric Angleviel (1994). Les missions à Wallis et Futuna au XIXe siècle. Presses Univ de Bordeaux. ISBN 978-2-905081-25-4.
  4. ^ Tjibaou, Marie-Claude; Felomaki, Savelio; Beauvilain, Thierry; Pantz, Pierre-Alain (2009). Tavaka lanu ʻimoana : mémoires de voyages : [exposition, Centre culturel Tjibaou, Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie], 25 juillet-1er novembre 2009. Nouméa: Agence de développement de la culture kanak.
  5. ^ Alexandre Poncet (1972). "Chapitre VII. Mort de la reine Amélia et élection du Roi Vito (1895)". Histoire de l'île Wallis. Publications de la SdO (in French). Vol. 2. Société des Océanistes. pp. 35–38. ISBN 9782854300949. Retrieved 23 June 2022.


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