Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku

Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku
Aliʻi Aimoku of Hawaii
Predecessor	Keakealaniwahine
Successor	Kalaniʻōpuʻu
Born	c. 1665
Died	c. 1725
Spouse	Lonomaʻaikanaka Kalanikauleleiaiwi Kanealai Kauhiokaka Malaeakini Umiulaikaahumanu others
Issue	Kalaninuiamamao Kekohimoku Keʻeaumoku Nui Kekelakekeokalani Hao Awili Kumukoa Kaliloamoku Kekaulike-i-Kawekiuonalani Ahuula-a-Keawe Kaolohaka-a-Keawe Kanuha Kauhiololi Kaoio-a-Keawe
House	House of Keawe
Father	Kanaloa-i-Kaiwilena Kapulehu
Mother	Keakealaniwahine
Religion	Hawaiian religion

Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku (c. 1665 – c. 1725) was the king of Hawaii Island in the late 17th century.^[1] 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 Kanaloa-i-Kaiwilena Kapulehu. He is sometimes referred to as King Keawe II, since prior to him there was already Keawenuiaumi. Keawe was surnamed "ʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku".

Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, 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 ʻI family of Hilo. It was not by force or by conquest, for in that case, and so near to our times, some traces of it would certainly have been preserved in the legends. He probably accomplished the tranquility of the island through diplomacy, as he himself married Lonomaʻikanaka, the daughter of Ahu-a-ʻI, and he afterwards married his son Kalaninuiomamao to Ahia, the granddaughter of Kuaʻana-a-ʻI and cousin to Kuahuia's son, Mokulani, and thus by this double marriage securing the peace and allegiance of the Hilo chiefs. The other districts do not seem to have shared in the resistance made by the Hilo chiefs to the authority of the King, at lest the name of no district chief of note or influence has been recorded as having been so engaged.^[2]

He ruled along with his half-sister wife Kalanikauleleiaiwi who inherited their mother kapu rank. After his death, a civil war broke out over succession between his sons, Keʻeaumoku and Kalaninuiʻamamao, and a rival chief known as Alapaʻinui, who was the son of his sister Kalanikauleleiaiwi and another man. Alapaʻinui emerged victorious over the two brothers and their orphan sons (including Kamehameha I's father), who were absorbed into his clan.

The House of Kalākaua and the House of Kawānanakoa descend from his eldest son Kalaninuiʻamamao. He could be called the father of Hawaii.^[3]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku

16. Prince Kukailani of Hawaii (=22 & 24)               8. High Chief Makakaualii (=12)                       17. Princess Kaohukiokalani of Hawaii (=23 & 25)               4. High Chief Uminuikukailani                             9. High Chiefess Ka'akauawao                       2. High Chief Kanaloaikaiwilenakapulehu                                   20. Keawenuiaumi of Hawaii               10. King Kanaloakuaana of Hawaii (=28 & 30)                       21. Princess Koihalauwailaua of Kauai               5. Princess Kalani-o-'Umi of Hawaii                             22. Prince Kukailani of Hawaii (=16 & 24)               11. Kaikilani of Hawaii (=29 & 31)                       23. Princess Kaohukiokalani of Hawaii (=17 & 25)               1. Keaweikekahialiʻiokamoku of Hawaiʻi                                         24. Prince Kukailani of Hawaii (=16, 22)               12. High Chief Makakaualii (=8)                       25. Princess Kaohukiokalani of Hawaii (=17 & 23)               6. High Chief Iwikauikaua                             13. High Chiefess Kapukamola                       27. Princess Kanakeawe of Hawaii               3. Keakealaniwahine of Hawaii                                   28. King Kanaloakuaana of Hawaii (=10 & 30)               14. Keakealanikane of Hawaii                       29. Kaikilani of Hawaii (=11 & 31)               7. Keakamahana of Hawaii                             30. King Kanaloakuaana of Hawaii (=10 & 28)               15. Princess Kealiiokalani of Hawaii                       31. Kaikilani of Hawaii (=11 & 29)

References

1. Moʻolelo O Na Aliʻi - March 2007
2. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969
3. "Kamehameha's Keawe Connection". Luckyulivehawaii.com. Retrieved 2013-04-07.