Keaweaweulaokalani
Keaweaweʻulaokalani is a name shared by two short-lived princes and heirs to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Earlier[edit]
| Keawe Aweʻula-o-Kalani I | |
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| Prince of Hawaii
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| House | House of Kamehameha |
| Father | Kamehameha III |
| Mother | Kalama |
| Born | January 1832 Honolulu, Oahu |
| Died | February 1832 Honolulu, Oahu |
Keawe Aweʻula-o-Kalani I, Prince of Hawaii (January 1832 – February 1832) 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 royal suffix o-Kalani was added in to signified this Prince of Heaven.
At the time of his birth in Honolulu, Kamehameha III had not married his mother Kalama yet. His parents' marriage would not be until 14 February 1837. The newborn Prince was illegitimate, but illegitimacy was accepted in the early days of the monarchy, prior to the drafting of the Constitution, as could be seen in the case of his half-uncle Prince Pauli. Other than Prince Keawe, the next in line of succession would probably be his full-blooded aunt, Princess Nahienaena.
The young Prince Keawe died only 31 days after his birth. His death left Kamehameha III again childless. His younger brother, Keawe Aweʻula-o-Kalani II, would not be born until 1839.
Later[edit]
| Keawe Aweʻula-o-Kalani II | |
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| Prince of Hawaii
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| House | House of Kamehameha |
| Father | Kamehameha III |
| Mother | Kalama |
| Born | 1839 Honolulu, Oahu |
| Died | 1839 Honolulu, Oahu |
Keawe Aweʻula-o-Kalani II, Prince of Hawaii (1839–1839) 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. He was the first legitimate issue of Kamehameha III, according to Western laws and ideals.
At the time of his birth in Honolulu, Kamehameha III had survived his own brother, Kamehameha II, and sister, Princess Nahienaena. The newborn Prince and his father were the only living descendants of his paternal great-grandfather Kiwalaʻo. There had been no heir since the death of the Prince's aunt in 1836, but there were still numerous descendants of his grandfather through his other wives. He was adopted or hānai by his Kekāuluohi and her husband Kanaʻina.[1]
The young boy died only six months after his birth, at Honolulu. If he had survived six months longer, he would have been Hawaii's first constitutional heir as the 1840 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii was signed the following year. He and his brother's deaths left Kamehameha III with no legitimate child. Their hānai (foster) brother, Alexander Liholiho would succeed their father as king. They did have twin half-brothers, Kiwalaʻo and Kunuiakea by their father's mistress Lahilahi. Both theses Princes' death set the fate that all the Hawaiian monarchs would not be succeeded by their own children.
Family tree[edit]
| Kalaniʻōpuʻu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kalola | Keōua | Kekuʻiapoiwa II | Kanekapolei | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kīwalaʻō | Kekuʻiapoiwa Liliha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Keōpūolani | Kamehameha I (The Great) (died 1819) | Kalākua Kaheiheimālie | Kaʻahumanu (1819–1832) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liholiho Kamehameha II (1819–1824) | Kamāmalu | Keouawahine | Pauli Kaʻōleiokū | Kahailiopua Luahine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kauikeaouli Kamehameha III (1825–1854) | Kalama | Elizabeth Kīnaʻu Kaʻahumanu II | Mataio Kekūanāoʻa | Kalanipauahi | Laura Kōnia | Abner Pākī | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Keaweaweʻulaokalani I | Keaweaweulaokalani II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Queen Emma | Alexander Liholiho Kamehameha IV (1854–1863) | Lot Kapuāiwa Kamehameha V (1863–1872) | Victoria Kamāmalu Kaʻahumanu IV (1855–1863) | Ruth Keʻelikōlani | Charles Reed Bishop | Bernice Pauahi Bishop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prince Albert | William Pitt Kīnaʻu | Keolaokalani Davis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
Sources[edit]
- HAWAII, The Kamehameha Dynasty: Genealogy