Aikanaka (father of Keohokālole)
| ʻAikanaka | |
|---|---|
| High Chief of Hawaii | |
| Died | 1837 |
| Spouse |
Kamaʻeokalani Mary Napuaelua |
| Issue |
Analea Keohokālole William Luther Moehonua |
| House | Kalākaua |
| Father | Kepoʻokalani |
| Mother | Keohohiwa |
ʻAikanaka (died 1837) was a high chief of the Kingdom of Hawaii and grandfather of two of Hawaii's future monarchs.
Biography
His father was Chief Kepoʻokalani and his mother was Keohohiwa.[1] His half-brother was Kamanawa II. The name literally means "man eater" in the Hawaiian language.
He was a grandson of two of the five Kona chiefs who supported Kamehameha I in his uprising against Kiwalaʻo: Kameʻeiamoku (one of the "royal twins" on the Coat of Arms of Hawaii) and Keawe-a-Heulu. His family was of high rank and were distant cousins of the House of Kamehameha. He was considered to be of the Keawe-a-Heulu line, his mother's line, and this line is what his grandchildren followed by.[2]
He had one daughter, Keohokālole by Kamaʻeokalani, and probably one son, William Luther Moehonua by Mary Napuaelua.[3][4] ʻAikanaka asked his servant Keawemahi to take his wife and son Moehonua. Moehonua later served as Governor of Maui, and other offices.[5] His daughter Keohokālole by Kamaeokalani served as a member of the House of Nobles.[6] He was in charge of the Punchbowl gun battery and his home was under the Punchbowl hill.[7] His compound included grass structures for cooking, eating, gathering, and retainers' quarters where his daughter gave birth to his two grandchildren: future Queen Liliʻuokalani and King Kalākaua.[8][9]
He was the hānai (adoptive) father of his eldest grandson Kaliokalani. ʻAikanaka died in 1837.[10] He owned vast tracts of land and they were split in half between his son and daughter, and then his daughter's in thirds to her remaining children.
References
- ↑ Liliuokalani 1898, p. 399.
- ↑ Liliuokalani 1898, pp. 1–2.
- ↑ Linnekin, Jocelyn (1990). Sacred Queens and Women of Consequence: Rank, Gender, and Colonialism in the Hawaiian Islands. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. pp. 104–105. ISBN 0-472-06423-1.
- ↑ Liliuokalani (1898). Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, Liliuokalani. Boston: Lee and Shepard. p. 399. ISBN 978-0-548-22265-2.
- ↑ "Moehonua, WIlliam Luther office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ↑ "Keohokalole, A. office record". state archives digital collections. state of Hawaii. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ↑ Hawaii and Its People By Arthur Grove Day. Page 201
- ↑ Liliuokalani 1898, p. 2.
- ↑ Allen, Helena G. (1995). Kalakaua: Renaissance King. Honolulu: Mutual Publishing. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-56647-059-9.
- ↑ Hitchcock, Harvey Rexford (1887). An English-Hawaiian Dictionary: With Various Useful Tables: Prepared for the Use of Hawaiian-English Schools. San Francisco: Bancroft Company. p. 248.
