Amelia Tokagahahau Aliki (c. 1845 - 10 March 1895) was a queen of Uvea, ruling from 1869 until 1895. She was preceded by her aunt Falakika Seilala, and succeeded by her son Vito Lavelua II and Isaake.
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During her reign, the pacific islands was under severe pressure from the colonial powers, which she was forced to address. In 1887, she signed a treaty making the kingdom a French protectorate in exchange for inner self governance and preservation of the monarchy.[1] She converted to Catholicism and had the royal palace and the cathedral erected in the capital.
References edit
- ^ "FRENCH ANNEXATION OF WALLIS ISLANDS". Otago Daily Times. 11 January 1888. p. 4. Retrieved 10 April 2022 – via Papers Past.
Further reading edit
- Jean-Dominique Pinelli-Gérard Gourmel, Au Pays de Trois Royaumes, ed. Pacifique, Paris 1991.
- Alexandre Poncet, Histoire de l'île Wallis, Société des Océanistes, Paris 1972.
- Rossella Righetti, Oceano Pacifico, Edizioni & Comunicazione, Milano 2005.
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