Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe

Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe was born on 29 May 1926, She was also a great-great-granddaughter of Enele Maʻafu. ==Marriage==

On 10 June 1947, Halaevalu married her distant relative Crown Prince Tāufaʻāhau of Tonga (eldest son of Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga (1900-1965) and Prince Viliami Tungī Mailefihi). == Queen Mother ==

As Queen Mother, Halaevalu celebrated her 85th birthday in 2011 with a five-day celebration held in May. Specifically, she came to visit the Tongan United Methodist Church in West Valley City, Utah, whose congregation had raised approximately $500,000 in less than a year to pay off the mortgage on the building. The Mayor of West Valley City, Michael K. Winder, awarded her the key to the city on July 27, 2011. She also met with Utah Governor Gary Herbert the next day. ==Death==

Halaevalu died aged 90 on 19 February 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand, a week after leaving Tonga. Her granddaughter Princess Lātūfuipeka Tukuʻaho, High Commissioner of Tonga to Australia, was reportedly by her bedside when she died. Her remains were flown back to Tonga on 28 February, after lying-in-state at the Tongan royal residence, ʻAtalanga in Epsom, Auckland. The date of her funeral on 1 March was declared a public holiday by the Tongan government, which also observed ten days of mourning. ==Honours==

National • : Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Pouono • : Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Crown • : Knight Grand Cross of the Order Order of Sālote Tupou III • : Dame of the King George Tupou V Royal Family Order • : Recipient of the Red Cross Medal • : Paulownia Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown • : Grand Cross of the Order of Propitious Clouds • : Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal • : Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ==Ancestry==