Lavelua

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Lavelua is the traditional royal title used for the monarch of the island of Wallis (ʻUvea) in the French territory of Wallis and Futuna.

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Lavelua canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical office
royal title
appliesToJurisdiction Wallis
Wallis and Futuna
ʻUvea
linked to: Wallis and Futuna
associatedWithEthnicGroup Polynesians
Wallisians
linked to: Wallisian people
associatedWithInstitution Catholic Church in Wallis and Futuna
coexistsWith French territorial administration of Wallis and Futuna
contrastedWith French administrative prefect
country France
governsInCapacity customary and ceremonial leader
hasAlternativeDesignation King of Wallis
linked to: King of Uvea

King of ʻUvea
hasAuthorityScope social and cultural affairs
hasAuthorityType customary authority
hasCulturalRole guardian of Wallisian customs (kafika)
hasGovernmentForm traditional monarchy
hasJurisdictionOver traditional districts of Wallis
ʻUvea Island
linked to: Ouvéa Island
hasPoliticalStatus subnational traditional monarchy within a French overseas collectivity
hasReligionTraditionally Roman Catholicism
hasSeat Mata-Utu
ʻUvea Island
linked to: Ouvéa Island
hasSuccessionType hereditary with customary selection
hasSymbolicResidence royal palace in Mata-Utu
hasTitleStyle sovereign of ʻUvea
isOneOf three traditional kingships of Wallis and Futuna
languageOfTitle Wallisian
locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
parallelKingships Tuʻi Agaifo of Alo
linked to: Tuʻi Agaifo

Tuʻi Sigave of Sigave
partOf customary chieftaincy system of Wallis and Futuna
customary kingdoms of Wallis and Futuna
recognizedBy French Republic (customary authority)
linked to: French Republic
recognizedTerritoriallySince 1961 statute of Wallis and Futuna
region Oceania
subregion Polynesia
titleHolderRole king of ʻUvea
monarch of Wallis
traditional true
usedIn Polynesian monarchy
Wallisian culture

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