Seru Epenisa Cakobau
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.