Faaulumaga was born in 1564, in Samoa. Mōlī also seems to have fathered a son named Mōlī [or Moti] as well as a son named Faleono who is claimed to have been Mōlī’s eldest. The judicial settlement of this incident took place in September 1858 (Morrell 1960:211) while Taimalelagi lay dying and the bulk of administrative duties were already vested in Mōlī. They had 4 children: … Some speculate that both Mōlī and Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe'a were both declared Malietoa following Malietoa Tinai "Natuitasina" Taimalelagi’s death; (Malietoa Vaiinupo had two sons, from his first marriage, the eldest died in a war, and his son lived under Malietoa Vaiinupo's shade, He had a family of his own and live like a normal person, a royal blood that was not recognized) Mōlī married Fa‘alaitaua [Faaala], the daughter of Su‘apa‘ia from Sālelavalu, Savaii who also seems to have held the sa‘o‘aualuma title of Fuatino (Kramer I:320). This wife bore a son named Laupepa who later became Malietoa. From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core, https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Template:Malietoa_family_tree&oldid=719234274, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, About Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. Malietoa had 5 siblings: Leota Taulapapa, Taiaopo Seiuli Malietoa and 3 other siblings. Mōlī’s descendants, including the current Head of State, form the modern Sā Mōlī branch of the Sā Malietoa descent line. Unlike his uncle Taimalelagi and half-brother Talavou, Mōlī was a steadfast devotee of the London Missionary Society and consequently enjoyed the support of the increasingly powerful church. Mālietoa (Samoan pronunciation: [maːɾiɛˈto.a] Mālietoa) is a state dynasty and one of the four paramount chiefly titles of Samoa. This is used for articles about the Malietoa, a state dynasty and chiefly title in Samoa. Mōlī’s short term as titleholder “was notable for his humiliation by foreign consuls” (Meleiseā 1987:32) and Robert Louis Stevenson recounts several examples of the dishonor and embarrassment suffered at the hands of western politicians. Literally translated as "great warrior", the title's origin comes from the final words of the Tongan warriors as they were fleeing on the beach to their boats, "Malie To`a, Malo e tau..." ("Great warrior, thank you for the war). This page was last modified on 8 May 2016, at 10:18. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Mōlī was later punished with fines and “forced to assent to the execution” of the perpetrator (Meleiseā 1897b:32). Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2015) Malietoa Vaiinupo Malietoa Moli Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a Malietoa … Malietoa Mōlī – the Tuiātua, Gato‘aitele and Tamasoāli‘i – died in 1860 and was buried in a grand tomb at Malie after holding the Malietoa title for less than two years. Malietoa family tree; This section does not cite any sources. Samoan justice was served when Sāla’ilua reciprocally took the life of a Sāgone noble, but “this was no settlement in European eyes” and a British gunship pummeled the Sāgone coast with cannon fire. Malietoa Mōlī was installed as Malietoa in 1858 or 1859 and probably received the Gato‘aitele and Tamasoāli‘i titles at that time. The most famous of these incidents involved a highborn man from Sāgone, Savai‘i who in 1856 had murdered a European named William Fox in Sāla‘ilua, Savai‘i. Malietoa married Faaulumaga in 1716, at marriage place. Malietoa Mōli [Semoanaifea] (“Lamp Oil” or “Illumination”) was a Samoan king who died in 1860. How to manage this template's initial visibility Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malietoa_Moli&oldid=975426108, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox royalty with unknown parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 28 August 2020, at 12:52. Malietoa Mōli; Sā Malietoa: Reign: 1858 - 1860: Predecessor: Malietoa Natuitasina: Successor: Malietoa Laupepa (his son) & Malietoa Talavou Tonumaipe’a (his half brother, when M. Talavou died M. … It's incomplete. When Mōlī’s own passing became inevitable, two contenders emerged as legitimate heirs to the Malietoa title, Mōlī’s younger brother Talavou (the Tupu o Sālafai) and Mōlī’s own son, Malietoa Laupepa. To manage this template's visibility when it first appears, add the parameter: Unless set otherwise (see the |state= parameter in the template's code), the template's default state is autocollapse. He had previously been named Tuiātua in 1841 and he held this distinction until his death (Tuimaleali‘ifano 99). He was “seized on several occasions by captains of warships of various nations as a hostage to secure the capture of Samoans who had offended European settlers” (Meleiseā 1987a:76).