Keohokālole
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| Keohokālole | |
|---|---|
| High Chiefess of Hawaii | |
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| Spouse | John Adams Kuakini Kaisera Kapaakea |
| Issue | |
| High Chief Moses Prince James Kaliokalani King David Kalakaua Queen Lydia Liliuokalani Princess Anna Kaiulani Princess Kaiminaauao Princess Miriam Likelike Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku High Chief Kinini |
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| Full name | |
| Analea (Annie) Keohokālole | |
| Titles and styles | |
| Noble Alʻi Nui The Chiefess |
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| Royal house | House of Kalakaua |
| Father | High Chief Aikanaka |
| Mother | High Chiefess Kamaeokalani |
| Born | c. 1816 Kailua, Kona, Hawaii Island, Hawaiʻi |
| Died | April 6, 1869 Honolulu, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi |
| Burial | Mauna Ala Royal Mausoleum |
Analea or Annie Keohokālole (1816 - 1869) was Hawaiian chieftess and member of Hawaiian nobility and was matriarch of the Kalākaua Dynasty, that ruled Hawaii from 1874 to 1893.
She was born at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in 1816. She was daughter of the Chiefess Kamaeokalani and the High Chief Aikanaka. Through her father she was descendant of Kame'eiamoku and Keawe-a-Heulu two of the Kona chiefs that support Kamehameha the Great.
She married Caesar Kapaakea a chief of lesser rank and her first cousin. Their union produce more than 10 children. They were among the luckiest of the Hawiian chiefs, to have such a large family, for many chiefs of their time died very young and issueless. Their children were James Kaliokalani, David Kalakaua, Lydia Liliuokalani, Anna Kaiulani, Kaimina'anao, Miriam Likelike, and William Pitt Leleiohoku.[1] She inherited and claimed vast tract of land in her lifetime but like many of the high chiefs, quickly found themselves land rich but cash poor. The wealthest chief was the monarch with landholding worth perhaps $1.3 billion in today's dollar. Unlike the monarch the average high chief got an award, after taxes, of perhaps just a bit over $3.5 million. Keohokalole, to be sure, was an exception in that she gained lands worth quite a bit more than the average chief. Still for her and a good many other high chief, the final result with their lands was similar to that of the throne; the lands were lost. By the time of her death what remain was half of the land she had inherited from her father which had to be divided by her four surviving children David, William, Miriam and Lydia.[2] The result was that when David Kalkaua assumed less than twenty years later he had no great personal wealth. His lack of money and his attempts at securing imcome commensurate with his veiw of his station in his life influence his reign which was dogged by bribery and corruption scandals.[3]
She serve as a member of the House of Nobles in 1840.[4]
She died at Honolulu, Oahu, 6th April 1869 and was buried in the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Hawaii/Kauai.htm
- ^ Kahana: How the Land Was Lost By Robert H. Stauffer. Page 70-71
- ^ Kahana: How the Land Was Lost By Robert H. Stauffer. Page 70-84
- ^ Hawaiian Investigation: Report of Subcommittee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico. By United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico, John Hipple Mitchell, Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico, United States Congress Senate, United States, Senate, Congress
