Keaweaweulaokalani

Hawaiian princes

Keaweaweʻulaokalani is a name shared by two short-lived princes and heirs to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Both were named after their father Kamehameha III. In Hawaiian, the name means "the red trail of heaven", signifying the roadway by which the god[which?] descends from heaven.

Earlier

Keaweaweʻulaokalani I
Prince of Hawaii
Born1839
Died1839
HouseHouse of Kamehameha
FatherKamehameha III
MotherKalama

Keaweaweʻulaokalani I (1839–1839) was the eldest son of Kamehameha III and his queen consort Kalama Hakaleleponi-i-Kapakuhaili. The baby boy was named after his father, whose full name was "Keaweaweʻula Kiwalaʻo Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa Kalani Waiakua Kalanikau Iokikilo Kiwalaʻo i ke kapu Kamehameha".

The young Prince Keawe died shortly after his birth. His death left Kamehameha III again childless. His younger brother, Keaweaweʻulaokalani II, would not be born until 1842.

Later

Keaweaweʻulaokalani II
Prince of Hawaii
BornJanuary 14, 1842
DiedFebruary 1842
HouseHouse of Kamehameha
FatherKamehameha III
MotherKalama

Keaweaweʻulaokalani II (1842–1842) was the second son of Kamehameha III and his queen consort Kalama Hakaleleponi-i-Kapakuhaili. The baby boy was the namesake of his father and his brother.

Initially given in hānai to Kalākua Kaheiheimālie, he was instead adopted or hānai by his grand aunt, Kekāuluohi and her husband Kanaʻina when the old governess of Maui died not three days after his birth. The King promised that he would be sent to the Chiefs' Children's School once he was weaned and could walk. He soon developed a fever and died at 31 days old. Dr. Baldwin of Lahaina was convinced that the child was killed by traditional medicinal treatment.

Family tree

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Kamehameha family tree
Kalaniʻōpuʻu (k)Kalola (w)Keōua (k)Kekuʻiapoiwa II (w)Kānekapōlei (w)
KīwalaʻōKekuiapoiwa Liliha
KeōpūolaniKamehameha I [i]
(The Great)
(died 1819)		Kalākua KaheiheimālieKaʻahumanu
(1819–1832)
Liholiho
Kamehameha II
(1819–1824)		KamāmaluKeouawahinePauli Kaʻōleiokū
*Paternity is in question as daughter and mother both claim Kalaniopuu as the father.		Kahailiopua
Luahine
Kauikeaouli
Kamehameha III
(1825–1854)		KalamaElizabeth Kīnaʻu
Kaʻahumanu II		Mataio
Kekūanaōʻa		PauahiLaura KōniaAbner Pākī
Keaweaweʻulaokalani IKeaweaweʻulaokalani II
Queen Emma[ii]Alexander Liholiho
Kamehameha IV
(1854–1863)		Lot Kapuāiwa
Kamehameha V
(1863–1872)		Victoria Kamāmalu
Kaʻahumanu IV
(1855–1863)		Ruth KeʻelikōlaniCharles Reed
Bishop		Bernice Pauahi
Bishop
Albert KamehamehaJohn William Pitt KīnaʻuKeolaokalani Davis
Notes:
  1. ^ Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii (2013). Hawaii's story. David W. Forbes. Honolulu, Hawaii: Hui Hānai. ISBN 978-0-9887278-2-3. OCLC 869268731.
  2. ^ Kanahele, George S. (1999). Emma : Hawaiʻiʼs remarkable queen : a biography. Honolulu, Hawaii: Queen Emma Foundation. ISBN 0-8248-2234-X. OCLC 40890919.

References

  • Kamakau, Samuel (1992) [1961]. Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised ed.). Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools Press. pp. 264, 342, 388, 395. ISBN 0-87336-014-1.
  • Kamehameha III (1861). Speeches of His Majesty Kamehameha III: to the Hawaiian Legislature. Government Press. p. 10.
  • Katharine Luomala, University of Hawaii (1987). "Reality and Fantasy: The Foster Child in Hawaiian Myths and Customs". Pacific Studies. Brigham Young University Hawaii Campus. p. 26. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  • Amos Starr Cooke, Juliette Montague Cooke (1970) [1937]. Mary Atherton Richards (ed.). The Hawaiian Chiefs' Children's School. C. E. Tuttle Company. p. 126. ISBN 9780804808811.
  • P. Christiaan Klieger (1998). Moku'ula: Maui's sacred island. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press. pp. 53–54, 82. ISBN 1-58178-002-8.