House of Keoua
{{Short description|Extended royal family of Ancient Hawaii}}
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The House of Keōua Nui (Hale O Keōua Nui), or simply House of Keōua, is the extended royal family of Ancient Hawaii from which the reigning family of Kamehameha I and Lunalilo were descended.
Origins
A younger branch of the reigning family of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku (from the Big Island of Hawai{{okina}}i), the dynastic line was established by Keōua Kalanikupuapa{{okina}}ikalaninui Ahilapalapa, who was the father of Kamehameha I. He was the only son of Ke{{okina}}eaumoku the Great and High Chiefess Kamaka{{okina}}īmoku.{{cite book |title= History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-nui: father of Hawaii kings, and his descendants |author= Elizabeth Kekaaniauokalani Pratt |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=UgouAAAAYAAJ |origyear= 1920 |publisher= T. H., republished by Kessinger Publishing |year= 2009 |isbn= 978-1-104-76661-0 |authorlink= Elizabeth Kekaaniau }}
Keōua's paternal lineage derives from a branch of the royal family of Hawai{{okina}}i Island. His father, High Chief Ke{{okina}}eaumoku-nui of Kohala and Kona, was the second son of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, King of Hawai{{okina}}i Island and his half-sister bride, Kalanikauleleiaiwi. He was known as a pio chief of the highest rank since both his mother and father were pure royal blood. He even outranked his elder brother Kalaninuiamamao, from whom descends the House of Kalākaua and House of Kawānanakoa. It was because of these two brothers, who contested for the succession to the kingship of the island of Hawai{{okina}}i after Keawe{{okina}}īkekahiali{{okina}}iokamoku's death, that the island was dissolved into a handful independent warring factions.
The ancestry of Keōua's mother, High Chiefess Kamakaʻīmoku, daughter of Ku{{okina}}a Nu{{okina}}uanu, O{{okina}}ahu district chief descended from the nobility of Hilo who were descendants of King {{okina}}Umi-a-Līloa's youngest son Kumalae, ruler of Hilo. His mother was also mother of Kalani{{okina}}ōpu{{okina}}u, by Kalaninuiamamao, making him half-brother of Kalani{{okina}}ōpu{{okina}}u and uncle of Kīwalaʻō. Kamaka{{okina}}imoku was also the half-sister of Heulu (through their mother Umiula-a-ka{{okina}}ahumanu), the father of Keawe-a-Heulu, another ancestor of the House of Kalākaua.
Kamehameha I of the House of Keōua Nui conquered the separate islands in 1795, uniting them under a single Kingdom of Hawaii. His direct descendants area called the House of Kamehameha. His siblings' houses were then also considered a part of the royal family.
Branches of the House of Keōua Nui
=Male Line=
- House of La{{okina}}anui-Kalokuokamaile
- Through Prince Kalokuokamaile, eldest son by Kahikikala
- Survives today
- House of Kamehameha (reigned 1795-1872)
- Through Kamehameha I, second son and first son by Kekuiapoiwa II
- Descendants were Ruth Ke{{okina}}elikolani, Bernice Pauahi, and Albert Kunuiakea (illegitimate)
- House of Keali{{okina}}imaika{{okina}}i
- Through Keali{{okina}}imaika{{okina}}i, his third son, second son by Kekuiapoiwa II
- Descendants were Peter Young Kaeo, Emma Kaleleonalani, wife of Kamehameha IV; and Albert Kunuiakea, also of the House of Kamehameha.
- House of Kalaimamahu (reigned 1873-1874)
- Through Prince Kalaimamahu, his fourth son, by Kamakaeheikuli
- Descendants were King William Charles Lunalilo and Kuhina Nui Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi
- Survives through line of Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi Crowningburg
=Female Line=
- Kekuiapoiwa Liliha, daughter by Kalola,
- Descendant, Keōpūolani, married Kamehameha I and mother of Kamehameha II and Kamehameha III
- Ki{{okina}}ilaweau, daughter by Manona
- Descendant, Kekuaokalani, also of the House of Kealiimaikai
Website
- [https://www.crownofhawaii.com/ Official Website of the Royal Houses of Keōua Nui]