Iwikauikaua Explained

Iwikauikaua
Father:Makakaualiʻi
Mother:Kapukāmola
Spouse:Keakamahana
Kauākahikuaʻanaʻauakāne
Issue:Keakealaniwahine
Kāneikaiwilani

Iwikauikaua was a Hawaiian high chief of Oʻahu.[1]

Family

He was a son of the chief Makakaualiʻi[2] and chiefess Kapukāmola and grandson of Kūkaʻilani.

His wives included Hawaiian Queen Keakamahana.[3] with whom he had a daughter, Queen Keakealaniwahine.[4] With Kauākahikuaʻanaʻauakāne (w) he was the father of Kāneikaiwilani (k) who married his half sister Keakealaniwahine.[5]

He was a grandfather of King Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku and Queen Kalanikauleleiaiwi.

His kapu was the burning kukui torch at midday, which his descendant Kalākaua used to symbolize his own dynasty.

Notes and References

  1. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History
  2. Book: Abraham Fornander. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I.. 1880. Trubner & Company. 125.
  3. Kumulipo
  4. Robert F. Oaks. Hawaii:: A History of the Big Island.
  5. Book: Abraham Fornander. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Origins and migrations of the Polynesian race. 1878-80. 1880. Trübner & Company. 128.