Alii Aimoku of Kauai

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The Alii Aimoku of Kauai was the sovereign king/queen or chief of the island of Kaua'i. Niihau was a territory of the Kingdom of Kauai.

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The monarchs of island Kauai, like those of the other Hawaiian islands, claim descent from Wakea and Papa. Nanaulu, a descendant in the fourteenth generation from Wakea, was the ancestor of Moikeha, 1st Alii Aimoku of Kauai, but his dynasty was supplanted after two generations. The second, or Puna dynasty was established by La'amaikahiki, eleventh in descent from Puna who was twenty-fourth in descent from Wakea. O‘ahu, Kaua‘i -- are the most ancient. Of course, every ali‘i lineage is ancient, and to us the differences would be very minor, but it’s the northern kingdoms that produce the great bloodlines that everyone wants to graft into, including Kamehameha. Theirs is the bluest blood, and the kingdoms they created, while very much like the kingdoms that Kamehameha’s grandparents and parents were creating, were a slightly different culture. [1] The last Alii Aimoku of Kauai of the old uninterrupted line of Puna was Kawelo'a'maihunali'i. After his death the kingship of Kauai fell on Kuali'i, the Alii Aimoku of Oahu and cousin of Kawelo'a'maihunali'i. In 1810, King Kaumualii, the 23rd Alii Aimoku of Kauai, ceded his kingdom to King Kamehameha I of Hawaii, in an effort to avoid bloodshed. Thereafter, he ruled as a tributary, until kidnapped by King Kamehameha II and taken to Honolulu in 1821. After his death in 1824, his son and heir, George Humehume attempted to re-establish his independence on Kauai, but was also eventually captured and taken to Honolulu. Ironically, the rights to the crown of the Hawaiian islands now rest with Kaumualii's heirs the Kawananakoas after the death of the Kamehamehas and Kalakauas.

[edit] List of Aii Aimoku of Kauai

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