PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded by Ali'i nui Kai'inamao Kalaninui'iamamao, son of Ali'i nui
Keawe II, 21st
Ali'i 'ai
moku of Hawai'i Island, and his wife, Ali'i nui
Lonoma'aikanaka. Conquered by Ali'i nui Kamehameha,
and annexed in 1791. Rulers
were...
- Ali'i 'ai moku KAI'INAMAO KALANINUI' IAMAMAO, 1st
Aliʻi of Ka'u, married 1stly, Ali'i nui Kamaka'imoku, daughter of Ali'i
nui Ku'a
Nu'uanu, and his wife, Ali'i Umi'ulaika'ahumanu'u, married 2ndly (his
step-sister), Ali'i nui Kekaulike-i-Kawekiuonalini,
daughter
of Ali'i nui Keawe II of Hawai'i Island, and his fourth wife, Ali'i nui
Kauhiokaha,
married 3rdly, Ali'i nui Kapaihi-a-Ahu, daughter of Ali'i nui Ahu,
married 4thly, Ali'i nui Kalanikumaikiekia, married 5thly (his
daughter),
Ali'i nui Kaolaniali'i, and had issue. He died after 1730.
- Ali'i nui Kalani'opu'u (by Kamaka'imoku) (qv).
- Ali'i 'ai moku Keawema'uhili (by Kekaulike-i-Kawekiuonalini),
8th Ali'i
of Hilo (joint).
- Ali'i nui Kaolaniali'i (by Kapaihi-a-Ahu), she married
her father as his fifth wife, and had issue.
- Ali'i nui Alapa'iwahine (by Kaolaniali'i), she married,
Ali'i
nui Kepo'okalani,
and had issue (see Kaua'i).
- Ali'i nui KALANIOPU'U, 2nd Ali'i of Ka'u 17xx/1782,
4th Ali'i of Kona 1754/1782, 6th Ali'i of Kohala, 24th Moi of Hawai'i
Island 1754/1778, born about 1729, married (a), Ali'i nui Kalola
Pupuka-o-Honokawailani, died about 1790, daughter of Ali'i nui
Kekaulike, 23rd Mo'i of Maui, and his wife,
Ali'i nui
Kekuiapoiwa I, married (b), Ali'i nui
Kaneikapolei, married (c), Ali'i nui Kalani-Wahineuli, married (d),
Ali'i Ahia, daughter of Ali'i nui Kekaulike, 23rd Mo'i of Maui, married (e), Ali'i nui Hakau [?Nakau],
daughter of
Ali'i Heulu, and his wife, Ali'i Moana'akauhi, married (f), Ali'i
Kaiahua, married (g), Ali'i Kamakolunuiokalani, married (h), Ali'i
Pulehu, married (i), Namuhana, married
(j),
Kehuopuohi, married (k), Kalaiwahineuli, married (l), Kalaniwahineuli,
and had issue. He died April 1782 in Waiakukini.
- Ali'i nui KIWALA'O (by Kalola Pupuka-o-Honokawailani) (qv)
- Ali'i nui KEOUAKUAHU'ULA (by Kaneikapolei) (qv)
- Ali'i nui Keouape'e'ale (k) (by Kaneikapolei), born about
1763.
- Ali'i nui Ka'oleioku (k) (by Kaneikapolei)
- Ali'i nui Kaleipaihala Kalanikuimamao (k) (by
Kalani-Wahineuli), married (a), Ali'i Kekaulikeikawekuionalani, married
(b), Ali'i Kaliko'okalani, and had issue.
- Ali'i Keaholawaia (k) (by Kekaulikeikawekuionalani),
married Ali'i Unuaiaholani, and had issue.
- Ali'i Keanumaeleokapulikoliko (w)
- Ali'i Ka'oana'eha Mele Kuamo'o (by Kaliko'okalani),
born about 1786, married 1805,
John Young [Olohana], born 17th March 1744, died 17th December 1835,
and had issue. She died 22nd January 1850 in Honolulu.
- Ali'i nui Kekuehoa (w) (by Ahia)
- Ali'i Kawelaokalaninui (k) (by Hakau)
- Ali'i Nawa'akua (w) (by Kaiahua)
- Ali'i Pualinui (k) (by Kamakolunuiokalani)
- Ali'i Manoua (w) (by Pulehu)
- Ali'i nui KIWALA'O, 3rd Ali'i of Ka'u [xx.4.1782] -
[xx.7.1782], 7th Ali'i 'aimoku of Kohala [xx.4.1782] - [xx.7.1782], 5th
Ali'i of Kona [xx.4.1782] - [xx.7.1782], Ali'i 'aimoku of Hawai'i
Island (North) [xx.4.1782] - [xx.7.1782]; after his father's death, he
received the greater part of his lands and the title to his throne, but
Kamehameha was entrusted with the war god, Kukailimoku. Kiwala'o fought
against the growing power of Kamehmeha and was joined by his
step-brother, Keoua Kuahu'ula. Kiwala'o was killed in battle against
Kamehameha; married (amongst others, his half-sister)
Ali'i nui Keku'iapoiwa Liliha, died 1815, daughter of Ali'i nui Keoua
Kalanikupuapa'ikalaninui, and his wife, Ali'i nui
Kalola
Pupuka-o-Honokawailani,
and had issue. He died July 1782 in Mokuohai, Hawaii.
- Ali'i nui Keopuolani, born about 1778 in Pahoehoe, Maui,
married 1stly,
1795, HM King
Kamehameha
I of Hawai'i, married 2ndly Hon. Ali'i
Ulumaheihei
Hoapili,
Governor of Maui, Molokai and Lanai 1836/1840,
and had issue. She died
16th September 1823 in Kaluaokila, Lahaina, Maui.
- Ali'i nui KEOUA KUAHU'ULA, 4th Ali'i of Ka'u and
Puna 1782/1791, Mo'i of Hawai'i
Island 1782/1791, 9th and last Ali'i of Hilo
1790/1791, born about 1762, he became disaffected after his father's
death in 1782, and joined his
step-brother, Kiwala'o, against Kamehameha I, but Kiwala'o was killed
the same year. After a battle, the island of Hawai'i was held by three
forces. Keaua took Ka'u and part of Puna; Keawemauhili, the uncle of
Keoua, kept Hilo and southern Hamakua, and Kamehameha held Kona,
Kohala, and northern Hamakua. In 1790, Keoua killed his uncle and
invaded northern Hawai'i while Kamehameha was fighting elsewhere. He
conquered Hilo and while returning to Ka'u, was caught in an explosive
eruption of Kilauea in 1790 when some four hundred warriors and their
families were killed by suffocation and falling rocks. After Kamehameha
built his great heiau near Kawaihae in the summer of 1791, only
Keoua stood in the way of his domination of the Big Island.
Fatalistically, Keoua came to the shore to discuss peace and was
speared to death by Keeaumoku. His companions were also killed, Keoua
was sacrificed on the alter of Kukailimoku, and Kamehameha became
master of the island of Hawai'i; married Ali'i nui Kaiolaniokaiwalani,
and had issue. He died 1792 in
Kawaihae.
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