Makeeia Taaguvigi

Makeeia Taaguvigi ACB
Maavine consort of Freice
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 January 2023
Maaita	Kaana Tenkel
Preceded by	Keloia Lakalou
Personal details
Born	Makeeia Taaguvigi (1969-03-09) 9 March 1969 Sekaapa, Freice
Spouse	Kaana Tenkel (m. 2018)
Residence	Muleptam Maaita
Alma mater	Royal University of Nashe (BA, MSt) Victoria University (PhD)

This is a Freician name. The last name is matronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Makeeia.

Makeeia Taaguvigi ACB (born 9 March 1969) is a Freician historian and author. She is the wife of Kaana Tenkel, incumbent Maaita of Freice and consequently serves as Maavine consort.

Background

Makeeia was born in Sekaapa, Freice. She is the youngest of five the five children of Taaguvigi Maaiava (1942-2010) and Jeresije Eranasa (1940-1999). Her father served as a police officer before an in-work injury forced him into early retirement, whilst her mother was a housewife. Due to Jeresije's injury, Taaguvigi had to work as a domestic servant and cleaner, which she continued to do until the end of her life.

She was educated at the Sekaapa School for Girls - the first in her family to be educated out of the home. Having shown an interest in history at an early age, her mother made contact with prominent Freician academics through her work as a domestic servant, and succeeded in getting a scholarship for her daughter to attend a Riamese school. Makeeia subsequently attended the Guri High School, winning another scholarship to enter the Royal University of Nashe.

She received her BA and MSt degrees in 1990 and 1992 respectively, briefly returning to Freice to become a teacher. She then returned to Riamo to study for a PhD at Victoria University, receiving her doctorate in 2001.

See also

• Maaita of Freice
• Kaana Tenkel