George Tupou I George Tupou I George Tupou I, King of Tonga (4 December 1797 – 18 February 1893) was originally known as Tāufaʻāhau I, or Tupou Maeakafa Ngininginiofolanga in modern spelling (originally Tubou Maeakafa Giniginiofolaga). He adopted the name Siaosi (originally Jiaoji), the Tongan version of "George", after King George III of the United Kingdom, when he was baptized in 1831. His nickname was "Lopa-ukamea" (or Lopa-ʻaione), meaning "iron cable". George Tupou I was born around 1797 in Tonga. 4 December is often-quoted as his birthday and is a public holiday in Tonga; however, it was the date of his coronation in
George V of Hanover founded which was named after him and his wife. The company erected an iron and steel works which gave the city Georgsmarienhütte its name. By grant dated 15 August 1835, George's arms in right of the United Kingdom were those of his father (being the arms of the United Kingdom, differenced by a "label argent of three points, the centre point charged with a fleur-de-lys azure, and each of the other points charged with a cross gules"), the whole differenced by a "label gules bearing a horse courant argent". George V of Hanover George V (George Frederick Alexander Charles Ernest