Ratu

Ratu

Ratu is a title used by Fijians of chiefly rank. An equivalent title, Adi is used by females of chiefly rank.-Etymology:Ra is a prefix in many titles and Tu is simply "chief"...

 Tevita Uluilakeba III (October 4, 1898 - October 4, 1966) was the 12th Tui Nayau

Tui Nayau

Tui Nayau is the title held by the Paramount Chief of the Lau Islands in Fiji and is synonymous with the title holders over lordship of these islands. When translated Tui Nayau means Lord of Nayau, an island north of Lakeba, the latter accepted by many to be the chiefly island in the Lauan...

 and Sau Ni Vanua of the Lau Islands

Lau Islands

The Lau Islands of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea. Of this chain of about one hundred islands and islets, about thirty are inhabited...

. He was also the father of the late Ratu

Ratu

Ratu is a title used by Fijians of chiefly rank. An equivalent title, Adi is used by females of chiefly rank.-Etymology:Ra is a prefix in many titles and Tu is simply "chief"...

 Sir Kamisese Mara

Kamisese Mara

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, CF, GCMG, KBE is considered the founding father of the modern nation of Fiji. He was Chief Minister from 1967 to 1970, when Fiji gained its independence from the United Kingdom, and, apart from one brief interruption in 1987, the first Prime Minister from 1970 to 1992...

, founding father of the modern nation of Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

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Ratu Te, as he was known, hailed from the chiefly village of Tubou

Tubou

Tubou is a village on the Fijian island of Lakeba. One of eight villages on Lakeba, it is considered the capital of the Lau Islands, being the seat of the Vuanirewa clan, a powerful chiefly family from which Fiji's longtime Prime Minister and President, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara and one of Fiji's...

 on the island of Lakeba

Lakeba

Lakeba is an island in Fiji's Southern Lau Archipelago; the provincial capital of Lau is located here. The island is the tenth largest in Fiji, with a land area of nearly 60 square kilometers. It is fertile and well watered, and encircled by a 29-kilometer road. Its closest neighbors are Aiwa...

 in the Lau

Lau

Lau may refer to:An indigenous people that live on the Solomon Islands.People with the German/Austrian surname:* Charlie Lau, catcher and hitting coach in Major League Baseball* Laurence Lau , actor...

 province. He became the Tui Nayau

Tui Nayau

Tui Nayau is the title held by the Paramount Chief of the Lau Islands in Fiji and is synonymous with the title holders over lordship of these islands. When translated Tui Nayau means Lord of Nayau, an island north of Lakeba, the latter accepted by many to be the chiefly island in the Lauan...

 upon the death of his father, Ratu Alifereti Finau Ulugalala

Alifereti Finau Ulugalala

Ratu Alifereti Finau was the eleventh Roko Sau of Lau and the fifth Tui Nayau. He was the son of Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba II and Adi Asenaca Kakua Vuikaba, daughter of the Vunivalu of Bau and self styled King of Fiji, Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau...

. His mother was Adi

Adi

Adi may refer to:Peoples and places:*Banu Adi, a clan of the Quraish tribe of Mecca*Adi people, a tribe living in Arunachal Pradesh, India**Adi language, the Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Adi...

 Ateca Moceiwaqa, paternal granddaughter of Ratu Seru Cakobau, the King of Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

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Ratu Tevita's Offspring

Ratu Te's children:

Name	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Mother's name
Ratu Sir Kamisese Kapaiwai Tuimacilai Mara	May 6, 1920	April 18, 2004	Lusiana Qolikoro (of Sawana, Lomaloma, Vanuabalavu)
Ratu Jone Ukelele Uluilakeba	1922	Unknown	Roko Unaisi Biu Miqawalu
Ratu Salesi Kinikinilau Uluilakeba	1924	Unknown	Roko Unaisi Biu Miqawalu
Ratu Jone Liwaki Uluilakeba	September 11, 1926	Unknown	Roko Unaisi Biu Miqawalu
Ratu Tevita Vakacereivalu Uluilakeba	July 26, 1927	March 25,1997	Mere Waqalerua (of Levuka, Lakeba)
Adi Atelaite Eci Uluilakeba	February 25, 1930	October 2007	Roko Oseni Senivaivai (of Tokatoka Naivi)
Adi Neomai Vititoga Uluilakeba	1931	Still Alive	Mere Waqalerua (of Levuka, Lakeba)
Ratu Viliame Vueta'asau Uluilakeba	October 30, 1933	Unknown	Lakalaka (of Taqalevu)
Ratu Jioji Laifone Uluilakeba	January 4, 1935	1983	Adi Mereoni Veisa (of Tokatoka Vatuwaqa)
Ratu Etuate Wainiu Uluilakeba	November 12, 1937	Unknown	Roko Oseni Senivaivai (of Tokatoka Naivi)
Adi Taraivini Lubatilakeba Uluilakeba	1938	Still Alive	Silipa Raikoro
Adi Arieta Koila Uluilakeba	October 15, 1939	October 2009	Lakalaka (of Taqalevu)
Adi Keresi Sekasekanimunia Uluilakeba	June 19, 1942	Still Alive	Adi Mereseini Radinivuna (of Tokatoka Vatuwaqa)
Adi Asilina Davila Uluilakeba	July 19, 1943	Still Alive	Silipa Raikoro
Adi Sainimili Rokolewasau Uluilakeba	January 28 1946	Still Alive	Silipa Raikoro
Adi Lola Po'fa Uluilakeba	August 22, 1947	Still Alive	Eseta Waji (of Oneata, Lau)
Adi Asenaca Saurogo Lalakoverata Uluilakeba	February 20, 1948	February 20, 2009	Lakalaka (of Taqalevu)
Sitiveni Blue Tikoivavalagi Uluilakeba	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown