Kalamakua Explained

Kalamakua — also known as Kalamakua-a-Kaipuholua — was an ancient Hawaiian nobleman, the High Chief of Halawa, a place on the island of Oahu.

Biography

Chief Kalamakua was born on the island named Oʻahu, in ancient Hawaii. His father was called Kālonanui;^[1] he was a son of the High Chief Maʻilikākahi of Oʻahu. The mother of Kalamakua was called Kaipuholua; she was a wife of Kālonanuiʻs.

Kalamakuaʻs brother was Prince Kālonaiki, the High Chief of Oʻahu.^[2] Kalamakua became the ruler of Halawa, whilst Kālonaiki ruled over the rest of Oʻahu. Kalamakua married Keleanohoanaʻapiʻapi, Princess of Maui.^[3] The daughter of Kalamakua and his consort was famous Laʻieloheloheikawai (born in Helemoa, Oahu), Lady of Maui as the wife of Piʻilani.^[4]

Kalamakua ordered the construction of large taro ponds in Waikiki.^[5]

See also

• Piliwale, Kalamakuaʻs nephew

Notes and References

1. Peleioholani, Solomon Lehuanui Kalaniomaiheuila (1906). Genealogy of the Robinson family, and ancient legends and chants of Hawaii. Honolulu Bulletin Publishing Company, Ltd., 1908. Hawaii State Archives (photocopy), CS 2209. R62 P45 1908. Translated into English by J. M. Poepoe.
2. Johannes C. Andersen (2012). Myths & Legends of the Polynesians. Tuttle Publishing.
3. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie. Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers. Please see this page.
4. Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. 1865. "Ka Moolelo O Hawaii" (The History of Hawaii). Translated by Mary Kawena Pukui.
5. George S. Kanahele (1995). Waikiki, 100 B.C. to 1900 A.D.: An Untold Story. University of Hawaii Press.