Lonomaʻaikanaka was a Queen consort of

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

island in

ancient Hawaii Ancient Hawaii is the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification in 1810 of the Kingdom of Hawaii by Kamehameha the Great. Traditionally, researchers estimated the first settlement of the Hawaiian islands as having occurred sporadicall ...

. She was also High Chiefess of

Hilo Hilo () is a census-designated place (CDP) and the largest settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, which encompasses the Hawaii (island), Island of Hawaii. The population was 44,186 according to the 2020 United ...

by birth. She was also considered a Chiefess of

Maui The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which ...

Family

Lonomaʻaikanaka was a daughter of High Chief Ahu-a-ʻI, belonging to the powerful and widely spread ʻI family of Hilo, and his wife,

Piʻilaniwahine Piʻilaniwahine II (''piʻilani'' = "ascent to heaven", ''wahine'' = "woman/wife") was a Hawaiian High Chiefess. She is known to us today from the old chants. Piʻilaniwahine lived in ancient Hawaii. Piʻilaniwahine’s mother was Kekaikuʻihala ...

, the daughter of King

Kalanikaumakaowākea Kalanikaumakaowākea (or Kalanikaumaka-o-Wākea) was an ''Aliʻi nui'' of the island of Maui in ancient Hawaii. He was named after the god called Wākea, who is the Sky father in Hawaiian religion and mythology. Family Kalanikaumakaowākea was t ...

. She married King

Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku Keaweīkekahialiiokamoku (c. 1665 – c. 1725) was the king of Hawaii Island in the late 17th century. He was the great-grandfather of Kamehameha I, the first king of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was a progenitor of the House of Keawe. Biography He ...

and their sons were

Kalaninuiamamao Kalaninuiamamao (sometimes called Ka-I-i-Mamao or Kaeamamao) was a prince of the Big Island of Hawaii, or 1st Alii Nui of Kaū, an ancestor of the Queen Liliuokalani. She was married to High Chief Hulu and bore him High Chiefess Kauhiokaka, who also married Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku and become the mother of Kekaulike-i-Kawekiuonalani, who would marry her half-uncle Kalaninuiamamao. Through both her son and daughter, she was grandmother and great-grandmother of

Keawemauhili Keawemaʻuhili (1710–1790) was an Aliʻi, important member of the Hawaiian nobility at the time of the founding of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Kingdom of Hawaii. He was a son of Kalaninuiamamao and his half-sister Kekaulike-i-Kawekiuonalani. He firs ...

. She was also great-grandmother of Chiefess Kapiolani, who accepted

Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

Abraham Fornander Abraham Fornander (November 4, 1812 – November 1, 1887) was a Swedish-born emigrant who became an important journalist, judge, and ethnologist in Hawaii. Early life and education Fornander was born in Öland, Sweden on November 4, 1812, to An ...

, ''An Account of the Polynesian Race'': ''Its Origin and Migrations'', Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969

References

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