Keleanohoanaapiapi

Keleanohoanaapiapi, whose short name was just Kelea, was an ancient Hawaiian noblewoman, who is mentioned in ancient legends^[1] and her genealogy is given in chants. She was a Princess (Hawaiian language: Aliʻi) of Maui, one of the Hawaiian Islands. She was a High Chiefess, but not of the highest known rank.

Legend about her abduction can be compared to the myth of Helen of Troy.

Family

Keleanohoanaapiapi was a daughter of High Chief Kahekili I the Great of Maui^[2] and his wife, Lady Haukanuimakamaka of Kauai and thus a sister of Chief Kawaokaohele.^[3]

Her paternal grandmother was Queen Kapohauola.

Life

A map of the Hawaiian Islands. Kelea was a Princess of both Maui and Oahu.

It is not known when Keleanohoanaapiapi was born. She was most likely born on the island of Maui.

She was considered very beautiful and became a wife to the handsome Prince Lo Lale of Oahu, brother of King Piliwale.^[4] They had three children.

However, Lo Lale and Keleanohoanaapiapi were later divorced.

Keleanohoanaapiapi later married noble named Kalamakua.^[5] Their daughter was Queen La’ieloheloheikawai, wife of King Piʻilani of Maui.

Crater

There is a crater called Keleanohoanaapiapi on Venus.

References

1. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie. Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers.
2. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (newspaper). July 26, 1901. Hala ia Makuahine ("This Mother is Gone"). Obituary of Panana Parker.
3. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.
4. Keleanuinohoana'api'api
5. Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (newspaper). August 26, 1865. Ka Moolelo O Hawaii ("The History of Hawaii").