Keākealani Kāne

Keakealanikane
Aliʻi Aimoku of Hawaii
Reign 1605 – 1635
Predecessor Kaikilani
Successor Keakamahana
Born 1575
Died 1635 (aged 5960)
Hawaii
Spouse Aliʻi Kealiʻiokalani
Kaleimakaliʻi
Kaleiheana
Father Kanaloakuaʻana
Mother Kaikilani

Keakealanikane (1575 – 1635) (Keakealani-kane) was an aliʻi nui of the island of Hawaiʻi (1605–1635). He was the sovereign of the Big Island. He is mentioned in chant Kumulipo.

During the reign of Keakealanikane several of the more powerful of the district chiefs had assumed an attitude of comparative independence.[1]

Family

Keakealanikane was a son of Queen Kaikilani[2] and Chief Kanaloakuaʻana.[3] He succeeded on the death of his mother in 1605. He married first his sister, Aliʻi Kealiʻiokalani. His second wife was Kaleimakaliʻi and his third wife was Kalaʻaiheana (daughter of Kuaʻana-a-ʻI and Kamaka-o-ʻUmi). She was also a wife of Keawekuikaʻai.[4]

He died ca. 1635, having had two sons and one daughter: Aliʻi Keawekuikaʻai by Kaleimakaliʻi, Aliʻi Moana by Kalaʻaiheana and Keakamahana, Queen of Hawaiʻi by Kealiʻiokalani.[5]

His granddaughter was Queen Keakealaniwahine.

References

  1. King Kalākaua, The legends and myths of Hawaii: The fables and folk-lore of a strange people. C.L. Webster & Company, 1888.
  2. Reconciling the past: two basketry kāʻai and the legendary Līloa and Lonoikamakahiki by Roger G. Rose.
  3. Culture and history in the Pacific, book by Jukka Siikala. Helsinki: Finnish Anthropological Society, 1990.
  4. Keawekuikaai
  5. Hawai'i: A History of the Big Island by Robert Oaks. [S.l.] : Arcadia, ©2003. Page 16.
Preceded by
Kaikilani
Aliʻi Aimoku of Hawaiʻi
1605–1635
Succeeded by
Keakamahana
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