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Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau (occasionally spelled ''Cacobau'' or ''Thakombau'') (c.1815 – 1 February 1883) was a Fijian Ratu and warlord (''Vunivalu'') who united part of Fiji's warring tribes under his leadership, establishing a united Fijian kingdom. ==Background== He was born to Ratu Tanoa Visawaqa, and one of his nine wives, Adi Savusavu. The Vunivalu and the Roko Tui Bau (sacred chieftain) had had many power struggles during the course of nearly a century. These struggles led to the death of Seru's paternal uncle, the Vunivalu of Bau, Naulivou Ramatenikutu and the installation of Tanoa as Vunivalu. However, after he slew the Roko Tui Bau, Ratu Raiwalui, near Vanua Balavu, amongst other murders and reprisals, Tanoa was exiled in 1832. Ratu Seru Cakobau was born on Nairai Island but raised on Gau Island. In his early twenties, he returned to Bau. He subsequently gained power in 1837 when he persuaded the Lasakau people to overthrow the Roko Tui Bau Vuani-ivi clan led by Ratu Ravulo Vakayaliyalo. Seru then reinstated his father as the ruling Vunivalu in Bau. Seru was given the name ''Cikinovu'' ("Centipede"),〔 "because he moved silently and struck painfully". Later, he was called ''Cakobau'' ("destroyer of Bau"), because he had destroyed what was Bau; but Seru also built a new Bau, under the supremacy of the Vunivalu. After he converted to Christianity, he took additional name of Epenisa (Ebenezer). 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「Seru Epenisa Cakobau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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