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Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi (1859 – December 1920) was a Fijian Ratu and early colonial administrator in what was then the British Crown Colony of Fiji. ==Heritage== Ratu Madraiwiwi was a Bauan chief, and the son of the Bauan chief and rebel Ratu Mara Kapaiwai (who was executed by his cousin Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau).〔Henry Soszynski, World of Royalty Website, 1996-2012, Vunivalu page, http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/states/fiji/vunivalu.html〕 His mother, Adi Loaloakubou was half-sister of Ratu Cakobau the Vunivalu of Bau, and had been promised first to the Tui Nakelo in return for support against one of many campaigns between Bau and Rewa; this promise was reneged upon〔R.A. Derrick, A History of Fiji, Vol.1, Government Press, Suva, 1946, page87〕 and she was given to Ratu Gavidi, Komai Nadrukuta (Chief of the village of Lasakau - the second village on Bau Island). She was widowed on the 26th of April 1850 when Gavidi was shot in the back during a skirmish with the rival vanua of Verata.〔R.A. Derrick, 1946, page103〕 Their descendants are still the ruling family in Lasakau. It is unclear when Madraiwiwi's parents began their relationship because they were first cousins: Ratu Mara's father Ratu Vuibureta and Adi Loaloakubou's father Ratu Tanoa were half-brothers〔 - and in Fijian custom they were parallel cousins and considered siblings; therefore a sexual relationship would have been quite improper and kept discrete (as opposed to if their respective parents were of different genders, and they would therefore be cross cousins or "vei-tavaleni" - in which case the match would be considered highly desirable). In 1886, Ratu Madraiwiwi married Adi Litiana Maopa, a granddaughter of Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the King who ceded Fiji to the United Kingdom in 1874. They had 6 children: Ratu Sir Josefa Vanayaliyali Lalabalavu Sukuna, Adi Kacaraini Loaloakubou, Adi Kuini Vuikaba, Ratu Tiale Wimbeldon Vuiyasawa, Adi Salote Mokoiwaqa and Ratu Dr. Jione Atonio Rabici Doviverata.〔〔Henry Soszynski, World of Royalty Website, 1996-2012, Tui Nayau page, http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/states/fiji/nayau.html〕 Their eldest, ''Ratu'' Sir Lala Sukuna (1888-1958), played a pivotal role in the formation of modern Fiji, by forging the embryonic institutions for the modern nation. Their daughter Adi Kuini Vuikaba was the first iTaukei to become a fully qualified nurse and married the ''Tui Noikoro'', high chief from the Navosa district in Nadroga province. Her granddaughter and namesake, Ratu Madraiwiwi's great granddaughter: Adi Kuini Vuikaba Speed was married to the late Dr Timoci Bavadra a former Prime Minister of Fiji, infamously deposed by Fiji's first military coup and herself later served in the People's Coalition Government of Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry as Deputy Prime Minister. Their youngest son Ratu Dr. Jione Atonio Rabici Doviverata was the first iTaukei to become a fully qualified doctor. Dr Ratu Dovi's son, Ratu Madraiwiwi's grandson and namesake: Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, is a prominent lawyer and former High Court judge who served as Fiji's Vice-President from 2004 to 2006, and is now the Chief Justice of Nauru. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joni Madraiwiwi I」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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