Alifereti Finau Ulugalala
Ratu Alifereti Finau (1869 – 3 April 1934) was the eleventh Sau ni Vanua of Lau and the fifth Tui Nayau. He was a member of the noble household Matailakeba. Biography Ratu Finau was born in 1869, the son of Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba II and Adi Asenaca Kakua Vuikaba, daughter of the Vunivalu of Bau and self-styled King of Fiji, Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau. He married Adi Ateca Moceiwaqa, the daughter of Ratu Epeli Nailatikau I, the Vunivalu of Bau in 1896, and eldest son of Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau. His father was in line to become the next Tui Nayau, but died before the title was passed on. As Ratu Finau was still a minor when the title was passed, it instead passed to his granduncle Ratu Eroni Loganimoce, Roko Taliai Tupou's son. In 1898 with the death of Ratu Eroni Loganimoce, Ratu Penaia Kadavulevu, Vunivalu of Bau, went to Lau and made Ratu Finau as Sau ni Vanua and Tui Nayau ahead of Ratu Salesi Kinikinilau (Ratu Eroni's nephew and Ratu Finau's rival for the title). It is assumed that a possible reason for Ratu Kadavulevu's eventual selection was due to the notion of dynastic extensions of power,