Keoloewaakamauaua
| Keʻoloewa-a-Kamauaua | |||||
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| Aliʻi of Molokai | |||||
| Predecessor | Kamauʻaʻua | ||||
| Successor | Kapauanuakea | ||||
| Spouse | Nuʻakea | ||||
| Issue | Kapauanuakea | ||||
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| Father | Kamauʻaʻua | ||||
| Mother | Hinakeha | ||||
Keʻoloʻewa-a-Kamauaua was the second Alii Aimoku of Molokai. He reigned as the titular chieftain or king of the island of Molokai. He reigned during the close of the second migratory era and was an ancestor of King Kalanipehu.
Family
According to the legend and oral tradition, Keʻoloewa's family descends from Nanaulu, 14th generation descendant of Wākea and they were descendants of the first migration to Hawaiʻi in the 6th century.[1]
He was born the second son of Kamauaua, the 1st known Aliʻi of Molokai, and his wife Hinakeha. His elder brother was Kaupeʻepeʻe-nui-kauila and his younger brothers were Haili and Ulihalanui.[2]
He and his brothers had been raised from an early age to hate the newly arrived southern chiefs who had gained power over all of the islands with the exception of Molokai who still remain mostly ruled by the native chiefs. His elder brother, the heir apparent to the throne, gave up his birthright to fulfill his dream of exterminating the southern chiefs, so the right to the throne fell to Keʻoloewa. His brother Kaupeʻepeʻe was slain by Kana and Nikeu-Kalohe, sons of Hina, chiefess of Hilo who had eloped to Molokaʻi with his brother.[1]
The incident of his brother did not disturb his reign in any way. Keʻoloewa was noted as the head and progenitor of numerous powerful families throughout the archipelago whose pedigrees reach up to him and his wife Nuakea.[2] Nuakea was the daughter of Keaunui and granddaughter of Maweke.[3] From this marriage the Molokaʻi royal family could trace their lineage to Maweke, the purest chief of the Nanaulu line. His daughter Kapauanuakea succeeded him as the supreme sovereign of Molokaʻi.
Notes
References
- Ke'olo'ewa
- Kalakaua, His Hawaiian Majesty. The Legends And Myths of Hawaii: The Fable and Folk-lore of a Strange People. Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc. of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo Japan, 1972.
- Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.
| Preceded by Kamauaua |
Alii Aimoku of Molokai | Succeeded by Kapau-a-Nuakea |