George Tupou II highranking chiefs in Tonga itself (Vīlai Tupou, father of Baron Vaea). His own government, on the other hand, was an absolute mess and some ministers were seriously contemplating to ask the British to annex the country. This would perhaps have happened, had the king not become ill, and at the end died. He was soon followed by his wife Takipō (1 March 1893 – 26 November 1918) from the infamous Spanish flu epidemic raging in Tonga. Siaosi's daughter succeeded him and would lead Tonga out of its political mire. He was Grand Master of the Royal Orders of Tonga that
Coronation of the Bohemian monarch Kings of Bohemia which weren't crowned during their reign were: On the other hand, king Ferdinand IV was crowned during the lifetime of his father (Ferdinand III), but he died before him, so he never actually reigned. Coronation of the heir during life of his father was only temporary custom for kings: Ferdinand III, Ferdinand IV and Leopold I. Coronation of the Bohemian monarch The Coronation of the Bohemian monarch (in Czech: "korunovace českého panovníka") was a ceremony in which the king (or queen-regnant) and queen-consort (if there was at time) was formally crowned, annoited and invested with regalia. It