Lonomaʻaikanaka was a
Queen consort
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of
Hawaii
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island in
ancient Hawaii
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, and
High Chiefess of
Hilo by birth. She was also a
High Chiefess of
Maui
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.
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 II, 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
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of
Maui
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.
She was first married to High Chief Hulu and bore him two children. First born was High Chief Kekahimoku (aka Kekohimoku) and second born was High Chiefess Kauhiokaka (aka Kauhiokeka).
See also Kumuhonua, Hawai’i State Archives.
Lomoma'aikanaka married secondly to King
Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku and their son was
Kalaninuiamamao.
Kauhiokaka, daughter of Lonoma'aikanaka and Hulu, had issue with her step-father Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku and become the mother of Kekaulike-i-Kawekiuonalani, who would marry her half-uncle & half-sibling, Kalaninuiamamao.
The senior or elder line of descent of Lonoma'aikanaka are the descendants of Kekahimoku, progenitor the House of Unauna. Kekahimoku was paternal great great grandfather of high chiefess of Lahaina, Lucy Kapōhaiali'iokamāmalu Koi'i Unauna.
Via her second son Kalaninuiamamao and also via her daughter Kauhiokaka, Lonoma’aikanaka was grandmother and great-grandmother of
Keawemauhili. Lonoma’aikanaka was also great-grandmother of
Chiefess Kapiolani, who accepted
Christianity
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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
References
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Royalty of Maui