Keakamahana
Appearance
Keakamāhana | |
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Aliʻi AimokuofHawaiʻi | |
Reign | 1635–1665 |
Predecessor | Keakealanikane |
Successor | Keakealaniwahine |
Born | c. 1610 |
Died | 1665 |
Spouse | Iwikauikaua |
Issue | QueenKeakealaniwahine |
Father | Keakealanikane |
Mother | Kealiʻiokalani |
Keakamāhana(c.1610–1665) was analiʻi nuiofHawaiʻi Islandfrom 1635 to 1665. She ruled as sovereign of the island from the royal complex atHōlualoa Bay.
Life[edit]
She was the eldest daughter of the KingKeakealanikane,the former aliʻi nui of Hawaiʻi. Her mother wasKealiʻiokalani,daughter of Queen Kaikilaniali`iwahineopuna and brother of Keakealanikane. Keakamāhana was an Aliʻi Piʻo, as her mother and father werefull blood siblings.She succeeded on the death of her father around 1635. She married her cousin AliʻiIwikauikaua,son of AliʻiMakakaualiʻi,by his wifeKapukāmola.She died in 1665, and her daughterKeakealaniwahinesucceed her.
References[edit]
- Abraham Fornander (1880). John F. G. Stokes (ed.).An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations.Republished 1969 Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont. p. 127.