5 July 1939(1939-07-05) (aged 59–60) Faatoialemanu, Samoa
Spouse
Momoe Lupeuluiva Meleisea
Issue
5, Including Malietoa Tanumafili II
Father
Malietoa Laupepa
Mother
Sisavai'i Malupo Niuva'ai
Tanumafili aboard a British naval ship.
Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili IOBE (1879 – 5 July 1939) was the Malietoa in Samoa from 1898 until his death in 1939. After the death of his father, Malietoa Laupepa, the recognized King of Samoa by many western countries, Tanumafili was immediately crowned as King, alongside Tupua Tamasese Lealofi I as vice-king. Tanumafili was backed by the United States and United Kingdom, however Germany supported rebel chief Mata'afa Iosefo who eyeing the throne. The battle between the two made up the Second Samoan Civil War and in the end caused the Tripartite Convention that split the islands. After the war, Malietoa pursued education in Fiji and then came back to Samoa, where he was appointed as an advisor.
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