( – c. 1635; 'the male heavenly expanse') was an of the island of Hawaiʻi (c. 1605 – c. 1635). He was the sovereign of Hawaii Island. He is mentioned in the creation chant. During the reign of Keākealanikāne, several of the more powerful of the district chiefs had assumed an attitude of comparative independence.

Life

Keākealanikāne was a son of Queen Kaikilani and Chief Kanaloakuaʻana. He succeeded on the death of his mother in 1605. He married first his sister, Kealiʻiokalani. His second wife was Kaleimakaliʻi and his third wife was Kalaʻaiheana (daughter of Kuaʻana-a-ʻI and Kamaka-o-ʻUmi). She was also a wife of Keawekuikaʻai. He died around 1635, having had two sons and one daughter: Keawekuikaʻai by Kaleimakaliʻi, Moanakane by Kaleiheana and Keakamahana, Queen of Hawaiʻi by Kealiʻiokalani.''Hawai'i: A History of the Big Island'' by Robert Oaks. .l.: Arcadia, ©2003. Page 16. His granddaughter was Queen Keākealaniwahine.

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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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Keakealani Kane Royalty of Hawaii (island) House of Līloa 1570s births 1635 deaths 17th-century monarchs in Oceania