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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 was believed to have lived from 1665 to 1725. He was son of Keakealaniwahine, the ruling Queen of Hawaii and Kanaloakapulehu. He is sometimes referred to as King Keawe II, since prior to him there was already Keawenuiaumi. Keawe was surnamed "īkekahialiiokamoku". Keaweīkekahialiiokamoku, a strong leader, ruled over much of the Big Island. He is said to have been an enterprising and stirring chief, who traveled all over the eight islands, and obtained a reputation for bravery and prudent management of his island. It appears that in some manner he composed the troubles that had disturbed the peace during his mother's time; mainly the conflict between the independent I family of Hilo. It was not by force or by conquest, for in that ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Keawe
House of Keawe (Keawe Dynasty; Hawaiian: ''Hale o Keawe'') is a name of one royal house in ancient Hawaii. The dynasty was founded by the King Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku of Hawaii. Etymology This dynasty bears the name of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, who was also known as Keawe II. He himself was named after the King Keawenui of Hawaii. In the Hawaiian language, the word has several meanings. ''Keawe'' means southern cross and is said to be the name of an ancient chief as well as meaning; "the bearer" (ke-a-we). Members *Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku – King of Hawaii, son of Queen Keākealaniwahine * Lonomaʻaikanaka – First wife of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku and daughter of Piʻilaniwahine of Maui *Kalanikauleleiaiwi – Half-sister and second wife of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku * Kanealai – Third wife of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku and Queen of Molokai *Kalaninuiamamao – Son of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku * Kalanikeʻeaumoku – Son of Keaweʻīkekahiali� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keākealaniwahine
Keakealaniwahine (c. 1640-1695), was a High Chiefess and ruler '' Aliʻi Nui'' of Hawaii island. Life Her mother was Queen Keakamahana, monarch of Hawaii. Her father (and mother's cousin) was Chief Iwikau-i-kaua of Oahu. She became ruler of the island on the death of her mother. She and her mother are association with the massive royal complex built at Holualoa Bay on the west side of the island. Her reign was a troubled one. The house of I had controlled the Hilo district since the days of their ancestor Prince Kumalae, the son of Umi-a-Liloa, had grown to such wealth and strength, and importance, as to be practically independent of even the very loose bonds with which the ruling district chiefs were held to their feudal obligations. The representative of this house of the district chief of Hilo at this time was Kuahuia, the son of Kua-ana-a-I, and grandson of I. What led to the war, or what were its incidents, has not been preserved in the oral records, but it is frequently al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonomaʻaikanaka
Lonomaʻaikanaka was a Queen consort of Hawaii island in ancient Hawaii. She was also High Chiefess of Hilo by birth. She was also considered a Chiefess of Maui. 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, the daughter of King Kalanikaumakaowākea of Maui. She married King Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku and their sons were Kalaninuiamamao and Kekohimoku. 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. She was also great-grandmother of Chiefess Kapiolani, who accepted Christianity.Abraham Fornander Abraham Fornander (November 4, 1812 – November 1, 1887) was a Swedish-born emigrant who became an im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keōua
Keōua Kalanikupuapaīkalaninui Ahilapalapa, sometimes called Keōua Nui ("Keōua the Great") (died c. 1750s–1760s) was an Ancient Hawaiian noble and the father of Kamehameha I, the first King of united Hawaii. He was progenitor of the House of Keōua Nui. His first name Keoua, or Ke-ao-ua means ''"the rain cloud"'' and was given to him by his subjects because of his generosity and his sacred kapu of the heavenly rains. Life Keōua Nui's father was the High Chief Kalanikeʻeaumoku, Keeaumoku Nui, the second son of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, King of Hawaii (island), Hawaii island, and his second wife, Princess Kalanikauleleiaiwi. His mother, Kamakaimoku, High Chiefess Kamakaimoku, was from the noble family of I of Hilo, Hawaii, Hilo. Keōua was a half-brother of Kalaniʻōpuʻu, King Kalaniōpuu of the island of Hawaii through his mother who also married Kalaninuiamamao, Kalaniōpuu's father. His name Keoua, or Ke-ao-ua means ''"the rain cloud"'' and was given to him by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Kalākaua
The House of Kalākaua, or Kalākaua Dynasty, also known as the Keawe-a-Heulu line, was the reigning family of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi between the assumption of King David Kalākaua to the throne in 1874 and the overthrow of Queen Liliʻuokalani in 1893. Liliʻuokalani died in 1917, leaving only cousins as heirs. The House of Kalākaua was descended from chiefs on the islands of Hawaiʻi and Kauaʻi, and ascended to the royal throne by election when the males of the House of Kamehameha died out. The torch that burns at midday symbolizes the dynasty, based on the sacred kapu Kalākaua's ancestor High Chief Iwikauikaua. Origin The dynasty was founded by Kalākaua but included his brothers and sisters who were children of High Chiefess Analea Keohokālole and High Chief Caesar Kaluaiku Kapaʻakea. Through Kapaʻakea's paternal grandmother Alapa'iwahine he was great-great-grandson of Chief Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku the great-grandfather (through another son) of Kamehameh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalanikauleleiaiwi
Kalanikauleleiaiwi was a Chiefess on the island of Hawaii in the late 17th century and early 18th century. She was considered to be the co-ruler of the island of Hawaii with her half-brother, Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, the 21st King of Hawaii. Their shared mother was Keakealaniwahine, the ruling Queen of Hawaii. Their son, Keeaumoku Nui, was considered the highest rank of ''Piʻo'' and the rightful successor in rank to his father and mother. Kalanikauleleiaiwi was considered to have higher rank than her half-brother and co-ruler, owing to her paternal descent from the Oahu dynasty of Kākuhihewa. Her father was their mother's half-brother Kāneikaiwilani, who was the son of Iwikauikaua and Kauākahikuaʻanaʻauakāne of Oʻahu. Both her parents shared the father High Chief Iwikauikaua of Oahu (whose symbol was a torch burned at midday, later copied by his descendant Kalākaua). Her family background has been compared to that of Keōpūolani, with the political power ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanealai
Kaneʻalai (also known as Kane-a-Laʻe) was a Queen regnant of the Hawaiian island of Molokai, who lived in the 18th century. She ruled as Alii nui of Molokai. She was a daughter of Luahiwa II (of the reigning family of Kauai) and Ka-hoʻoia-a-Pehu. Kaneʻalai planted a mountain apple tree.''Place names of Hawaii'' by Mary Kawena Pukui She married Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, the king of Hawaiʻi. They had four children: Hao, Awili, Kaililoamoku, and Kumukoa the father of Kalaikuʻahulu. After Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku died, Kaneʻalai became a wife of Kekaulike, the king of Maui. With him she had one daughter, Luahiwa, who married her half-brother Kahekili II. It is probably because of Kaneʻalai that Kamehameha-nui, the son of Kekaulike and Kekuiapoiwa I, was raised as a young boy at Waialua, Molokaʻi, and because of her connection with Kekaulike that her son and grandsons and other chiefs of Molokaʻi went to the help of Kamehameha-nui in his fight with Kalaniʻōp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Retrieved 2014-5-2. He is probably the Hawaiian chief with the most varied spelling of his name. The Kumulipo was composed in honor of his birth and was passed by him to his daughter Alapaiwahine. Biography Kalaninuiamamao was born of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puʻuhonua O Hōnaunau National Historical Park
Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located on the west coast of the island of Hawaiʻi in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The historical park preserves the site where, up until the early 19th century, Hawaiians who broke a kapu (one of the ancient laws) could avoid certain death by fleeing to this place of refuge or ''puʻuhonua''. The offender would be absolved by a priest and freed to leave. Defeated warriors and non-combatants could also find refuge here during times of battle. The grounds just outside the Great Wall that encloses the puʻuhonua were home to several generations of powerful chiefs. Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau is one of the only places in Hawaii where the flag of Hawaii can officially fly alone without the American flag; the other three places are ʻIolani Palace, the Mauna ʻAla and Thomas Square. Park name and features The 420 acre (1.7 km2) site was originally established in 1955 as City of Refuge Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamehameha I
Kamehameha I (; Kalani Paiea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiikui Kamehameha o Iolani i Kaiwikapu kaui Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea; – May 8 or 14, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great, was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii. The state of Hawaii gave a statue of him to the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, D.C. as one of two statues it is entitled to install there. Birth and childhood Paternity and family history Kamehameha (known as Paiea at birth), was born to Kekuʻiapoiwa II, the niece of Alapainui, the usurping ruler of Hawaii Island who had killed the two legitimate heirs of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku during civil war. By most accounts he was born in Ainakea, Kohala, Hawaii. His father was Keōua Kalanikupuapa'ikalaninui; however, Native Hawaiian historian Samuel Kamakau says that Maui monarch Kahekili II had '' hānai'' adopted (traditional, informal adoption) Kamehameha at birth, as was the custom of the time. Kamakau believe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwikauikaua
Iwikauikaua was a Hawaiian high chief of Oʻahu. Family He was a son of the chief Makakaualiʻi and chiefess Kapukāmola and grandson of Kūkaʻilani. His wives included Hawaiian Queen Keakamahana. with whom he had a daughter, Queen Keakealaniwahine.Robert F. Oaks. ''Hawaii:: A History of the Big Island''. With Kauākahikuaʻanaʻauakāne (w) he was the father of Kāneikaiwilani (k) who married his half sister Keakealaniwahine. He was a grandfather of King Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku and Queen Kalanikauleleiaiwi. His kapu was the burning ''kukui'' torch at midday, which his descendant 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 Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, ... used to symbolize his own dynasty. References {{Reflist Royalty of Oahu House of Kalākaua Hawaiian monarchs Royalty of Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
