Kepoʻokalani Explained

Kepoʻokalani
Birth Date:c. 1760
Spouse:Alapai Wahine
Keohohiwa
Nune
Issue:Kamanawa II

ʻAikanaka

Piʻianaiʻa

Father:Kameʻeiamoku
Mother:Kamakaʻeheikuli

Kepoʻokalani was a High Chief during the founding of the Kingdom of Hawaii.Two of his grandchildren would marry each other, and two of his great-grandchildren would be the last two ruling monarchs of the Kingdom.

Life

Kepookalani was born around 1760. His mother was Kamakaʻeheikuli and father was Kameʻeiamoku.He was half-cousin of Kamehameha I, and named after the only full brother of Kamehameha usually called Keliimaikai or Keapo o Kepoʻokalani. His notable half-brothers (with different mothers) were Hoʻolulu and Ulumāheihei Hoapili who both became close advisors to Kamehameha and were trusted to aid in his burial.[1] In the Hawaiian language, ke po'o ka lani means "the royal leader".[2] He married his cousin Chiefess Alapaʻi Wahine and they had a son Kamanawa II (c. 1785–1840) and another son Kapelakapuokakae.[3] Kamanawa was named after the Kamanawa who was a twin of Kepoʻokalani's father. Often he is called Kamanawa ʻŌpio or ʻElua because ʻōpio means "junior"[4] and ʻelua means "second" in Hawaiian.[5] Kamanawa was convicted of the murder of his wife in 1840 and executed.[6]

Kepoʻokalani also married High Chiefess Keohohiwa and had son ʻAikanaka (c. 1790–1868),[7] a child named Kalailua, and then married a Chiefess named Nune (spelled Nenew in some sources)[8] and had a daughter named Piʻianaiʻa.[9]

Kamanawa's son Caesar Kapaʻakea (1815–1866) would marry ʻAikanaka's daughter Analea Keohokālole. They were half-cousins, since they shared only a grandfather, with different grandmothers. Their children were called the House of Kalākaua, including the last two ruling monarchs of the Kingdom: King David Kalākaua (1836–1891) and Queen Liliʻuokalani (1839–1893).[10] Kepoʻokalani was their "double great-grandfather" or "great-grandfather from both sides". This kind of family background was a desirable way to enhance the royal bloodlines at the time, but was attacked by the conservative missionaries later in the 19th century as incest.Even some of the other royals snubbed Kalākaua and did not congratulate him when he came to the throne in 1874.[11]

The Isaac Hale Beach Park on the island of Hawaii was named for a descendant who lived in the area named Isaac Kepoʻokalani Hale.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hawaiian genealogies: extracted from Hawaiian language newspapers . Edith Kawelohea McKinzie . Ishmael W. Stagner . University of Hawaii Press . 1986 . 978-0-939154-37-1 . 70–72 .
  2. Web site: lookup of po'o . https://archive.today/20121228074727/http://wehewehe.org/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q&a=q&l=en&q=po'o . dead . 2012-12-28 . on Hawaiian dictionary . Pukui and Elbert . 2003 . Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii . 2009-12-22 .
  3. News: The Story of Hawaiian Royalty: Princess Alapai Weds Her Cousin, Kepookalani . Kapikauinamoku . . 1955 . https://archive.today/20120715112922/http://ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=q-0sohr-000Sec--11en-50-20-frameset-book-hoolulu-1-011utfZz-8&a=d&d=D0.4.60&toc=0 . dead . 2012-07-15 .
  4. Web site: lookup of opio . https://archive.today/20120721165720/http://wehewehe.org/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q&a=q&l=en&q=opio . dead . 2012-07-21 . on Hawaiian dictionary . Pukui and Elbert . 2003 . Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii . 2009-12-22 .
  5. Web site: lookup of elua . https://archive.today/20120716090842/http://wehewehe.org/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q&a=q&l=en&q=elua . dead . 2012-07-16 . on Hawaiian dictionary . Pukui and Elbert . 2003 . Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii . 2009-12-22 .
  6. News: High Chief Kamanawa II Is Hanged for Murder . Kapikauinamoku . . 1955 .
  7. Web site: Kepookalani, (k) . Our Family History and Ancestry . Families of Old Hawaii . 2009-12-04 .
  8. News: The Story of Hawaiian Royalty: Confusion Arises Over Familiesʻ Genealogies . Kapikauinamoku . . 1955 . https://archive.today/20120728101325/http://ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=q-0sohr-000Sec--11en-50-20-frameset-book-Kepookalani-1-011utfZz-8&a=d&d=D0.4.48&toc=0 . dead . 2012-07-28 .
  9. Web site: Kepo'okalani . Henry Soszynski . web page on "Rootsweb" . 2009-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423221134/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/hawaii/i78.html#I78 . 2008-04-23 . dead .
  10. Book: Hawaii's story by Hawaii's queen, Liliuokalani . 1898 . Liliʻuokalani, Queen of Hawaii . Lee and Shepard, reprinted by Kessinger Publishing, LLC . 1898 . 978-0-548-22265-2 .
  11. News: The Story of Maui Royalty: Recognition of Kalakaua Refused by Aristocracy . Kapikauinamoku . . 1955 . https://archive.today/20120729145002/http://ulukau.org/elib/cgi-bin/library?e=d-0somr-000Sec--11en-50-20-frameset-book-kepookalani-1-011utfZz-8&a=d&d=D0.5.18&toc=0 . dead . 2012-07-29 .
  12. Web site: Isaac Hale Memorial Park . Keoni Kealoha Alvarez . 2008 . Phoiki Surf . 2009-12-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110101084237/http://www.pohoikisurf.com/parkpage1.html . 2011-01-01 .

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