Ratu ''Ratu'' () is an Austronesian title used by male Fijians of chiefly rank. An equivalent title, ''adi'' (pronounced ), is used by females of chiefly rank. In the Malay language, the title ''ratu'' is also the traditional honorific title to r ...

Tevita Uluilakeba III (October 4, 1898 – October 4, 1966) was the 12th

Tui Nayau ''Tu’i Nayau'' is the title held by the paramount chief of the Lau Islands in Fiji and is synonymous with the title holders over lordship of these islands. When translated, ''Tu’i Nayau'' means "Lord of Nayau", an island north of Lakeba, the l ...

and Sau ni Vanua of the

Lau Islands The Lau Islands (also called the Lau Group, the Eastern Group, the Eastern Archipelago) of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea. Of this chain of about sixty islands and islets, about thirty are inhabited. T ...

. He was the father of

Sir

Kamisese Mara ''Ratu'' Sir Kamisese Mara, (6 May 1920 – 18 April 2004) was a Fijian politician who served as Chief Minister of Fiji, Chief Minister from 1967 to 1970, when Fiji gained its independence from the United Kingdom, and, apart from one brief in ...

, founding father of the modern nation of

Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...

. Ratu Te, as he was known, hailed from the chiefly village of

Tubou Tubou is a village on the Fijian island of Lakeba, with a population of about 2,000. One of eight villages on Lakeba, it is considered the Capital (political), capital of the Lau Islands, being the seat of the Vuanirewa clan, a powerful chiefly f ...

on the island of

Lakeba Lakeba (pronounced ) is an island in Fiji’s Southern Lau Islands, Lau Archipelago; the provincial capital of Lau is located here. The island is the List of islands of Fiji, tenth largest in Fiji, with a land area of nearly 60 square kilometers. ...

Lau Province Lau Province is one of fourteen provinces of Fiji. Its capital is at Tubou, at the southern end of the island of Lakeba. The province forms part of the country's Eastern Division (which also includes the provinces of Kadavu and Lomaiviti), and ...

. He became the

upon the death of his father, Ratu Alifereti Finau Ulugalala in 1934. His mother was

Adi Adi or ADI may refer to: Abbreviations * Acceptable daily intake, in health and medicine * Acting detective inspector, a type of police inspector * Africa Development Indicators, a compilation of data assembled by the World Bank * Alternating ...

Ateca Moceiwaqa (or spelled Ateca Moceiwai), paternal granddaughter of Ratu

Seru Epenisa Cakobau ''Ratu'' Seru Epenisa Cakobau (; occasionally spelled ''Cacobau'') (c.1815 – 1 February 1883) was a Fijian chief, monarch, and warlord ('' Vunivalu'') who united part of Fiji's warring tribes, establishing a Fijian kingdom. He served as i ...

, the self-proclaimed King of Fiji, and daughter of Ratu

Epeli Nailatikau I ''Ratu'' Epeli Nailatikau I (c. 1842 – 1901) was a Fijian Paramount Chief, who was posthumously made the ''Vunivalu'' of Bau. Biography He was the eldest son of the first ''Tui Viti'', ''Ratu'' Seru Epenisa Cakobau and his first wife, ''Adi ...

. The origin of the Fijian farewell song "

Isa Lei "" is a traditional Fijian farewell song. Origin The origin of this song is disputed. One versions holds that Turaga Bale na Tu'i Nayau, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba composed it in 1916 for Adi Litia Tavanavanua (1900–1983), when she visited Tubou, L ...

" is disputed, and one versions holds that Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba composed it in 1916 for Adi Litia Tavanavanua (1900–1983), when she visited Lakeba in 1916."Isa Lei (Fijian Farewell Song)"
by Wiliame Gucake Nayacatabu, FijianLyrics.com, 25 October 2015

Ratu Tevita's offspring

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