ʻAikanaka (died 1837) was a high chief of the

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and grandfather of two of Hawaii's future monarchs.

Biography

His father was Chief Kepoʻokalani and his mother was

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. His half-brother was

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. The name literally means "man eater" in the

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. He was a grandson of two of the five Kona chiefs who supported

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in his uprising against Kiwalaʻo:

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(one of the "royal twins" on the Coat of Arms of Hawaii) and

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. His family was of high rank and were distant cousins of the

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. He was considered to be of the Keawe-a-Heulu line, his mother's line, and this line is what his grandchildren followed by. He had one daughter,

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by Kamaʻeokalani, and probably one son, William Luther Moehonua by Mary Napuaelua. ʻAikanaka asked his servant Keawemahi to take Napuaelua and son Moehonua. Moehonua later served as Governor of Maui, and other offices. His daughter Keohokālole by Kamaeokalani served as a member of the House of Nobles. His final wife was Alika Kuaiohua or Kaiahua. He was in charge of the Punchbowl gun battery and his home was under the Punchbowl hill.Hawaii and Its People By Arthur Grove Day. Page 201 His compound included grass structures for cooking, eating, gathering, and retainers' quarters where his daughter gave birth to his two grandchildren: future Queen

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and King

Kalākaua Kalākaua (David Laʻamea Kamananakapu Mahinulani Naloiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua; November 16, 1836 – January 20, 1891), sometimes called The Merrie Monarch, was the last king and penultimate monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Kin ...

. He was the hānai (adoptive) father of his eldest grandson Kaliokalani. ʻAikanaka died in 1837. He owned vast tracts of land and they were split in half between his son and daughter, and then his daughter's in thirds to her remaining children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aikanaka Year of birth unknown 1837 deaths Royalty of the Hawaiian Kingdom House of Kalākaua