House of Keoua
The House of KeÅua Nui (Hale O KeÅua Nui), or simply House of KeÅua, was a non-ruling noble family of Ancient Hawaii from which the reigning family of Kamehameha I and Lunalilo were descended.
Origins
A younger branch of the reigning family of KeaweʻīkekahialiÊ»iokamoku (from the Big Island of HawaiÊ»i), the dynastic line was established by KeÅua KalanikupuapaÊ»ikalaninui Ahilapalapa, who was the father of Kamehameha I. He was the only son of KeÊ»eaumoku the Great and High Chiefess KamakaÊ»imoku.[1]
KeÅua's paternal lineage derives from a branch of the royal family of HawaiÊ»i Island. His father, High Chief KeÊ»eaumoku-nui of Kohala and Kona, was the second son of KeaweʻīkekahialiÊ»iokamoku, King of HawaiÊ»i Island and his half-sister bride, Kalanikauleleiaiwi. He was known as a pio chief of the highest rank since both his mother and father were pure royal blood. He even outranked his elder brother Kalaninuiamamao, from whom descends the House of KalÄkaua and House of KawÄnanakoa. It was because of these two brothers, who contested for the succession to the kingship of the island of HawaiÊ»i after KeaweʻīkekahialiÊ»iokamoku death, that the island was dissolved into a handful independent warring factions.
The ancestry of KeÅua's mother, High Chiefess Kamaka'imoku, daughter of KuÊ»a NuÊ»uanu, OÊ»ahu district chief descended from the nobility of Hilo who were descendants of King Ê»Umi-a-Liloa's youngest son Kumalae, ruler of Hilo. His mother was also mother of KalaniÊ»ÅpuÊ»u, by Kalaninuiamamao, making him half-brother of KalaniÊ»ÅpuÊ»u and uncle of Kiwalao. KamakaÊ»imoku was also the half-sister of Heulu (through their mother Umiula-a-kaÊ»ahumanu), the father of Keawe-a-Heulu, another ancestor of the House of KalÄkaua.
Kamehameha I of the House of KeÅua Nui conquered the separate islands in 1795, uniting them under a single Kingdom of Hawaii. His direct descendants area called the House of Kamehameha. His siblings' houses were then also considered a part of the royal family.
Branches of the House of KeÅua Nui
Male Line
- House of Laʻanui-Kalokuokamaile
- Through Prince Kalokuokamaile, eldest son by Kahikikala
- Survives today
- Through Prince Kalokuokamaile, eldest son by Kahikikala
- House of Kamehameha (reigned 1795-1872)
- Through Kamehameha I, second son and first son by Kekuiapoiwa II
- Descendants were Ruth Keʻelikolani, Bernice Pauahi, and Albert Kunuiakea (illegitimate)
- Through Kamehameha I, second son and first son by Kekuiapoiwa II
- House of Kealiʻimaikaʻi
- Through Kealiʻimaikaʻi, his third son, second son by Kekuiapoiwa II
- Descendants were Peter Young Kaeo, Emma Kaleleonalani, wife of Kamehameha IV; and Albert Kunuiakea, also of the House of Kamehameha.
- Through Kealiʻimaikaʻi, his third son, second son by Kekuiapoiwa II
- House of Kalaimamahu (reigned 1873-1874)
- Through Prince Kalaimamahu, his fourth son, by Kamakaeheikuli
- Descendant was King William Charles Lunalilo.
- Through Prince Kalaimamahu, his fourth son, by Kamakaeheikuli
Female Line
- Kekuiapoiwa Liliha, daughter by Kalola,
- Descendant, KeÅpÅ«olani, married Kamehameha I and mother of Kamehameha II and Kamehameha III
- Kiʻilaweau, daughter by Manona
- Descendant, Kekuaokalani, also of the House of Kealiimaikai
References
- ↑ Elizabeth Kekaaniauokalani Pratt (2009) [1920]. History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-nui: father of Hawaii kings, and his descendants. T. H., republished by Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-1-104-76661-0.