Individual Details
Keoua
(Abt 1712 - 1752)
LINEAGE
Conflict resolved: Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 75 states that he is the son of Peleioholani, but that conflicts with Kamakau's other statements about his parentage. Amalu, The Genealogy of Hawaiian Royalty, G-49, Chart 8-A states that he was the only son of his parents.
LIFE
A. Birth year 1712, estimated at 24 years before son Kamehameha was born. Derived from Stokes' 20-year standard plus 4 years because Kamehameha's mother Kekuiapoiwa became Keoua's mate when her first son was 3 years old (see note below).
The gap in Keoua's birth (1712) and his next oldest sibling Kalaniopuu's birth (1701) is because his mother Kamakaimoku took his father Keeaumoku for a mate when Kalaniopuu was older (Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies, p 104).
Conflict: Castro, High Chief Kalokuokamaile, p 1 estimates birth year between 1680 and 1700.
Conflict: Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 188 estimates birth year as 1720.
B. The name given by his mother was Ke-kupu-a-pa-i-ka-lani-nui (meaning "an eternal reign"), but Keoua (meaning "a rain cloud") was the name used by the people (Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies, p 104). "When he was gracious, his subjects called him Keouaokeaoua [Keoua of the rainy day] but when he was cruel, they called him Keaouole [the day that did not rain]" (Pogue, History of Hawaii, p 77). "At the time of Captain Cook's arrival, Kalanikupuapaikalaninui, generally known by his shorter name Keoua, who was the father of Kamehameha I" (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 134).
C. He was alii-nui of Hawaii (Kamakau, Tales and Traditions of the People of Old, p 72).
D. Alapainui brought him up to be a commander of his army (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 66).
E. Order of mates (except Kalanilehua/Kahikikala) (Descendants of Prince Keeaumoku I, Hms G65, Chart 8-A).
Conflict: Pratt, Keoua: Father of Kings, p 16 and Castro, High Chief Kalokuokamaile, p 3 identifies second mate as his cousin Kekuiapoiwa when his son Kalokuokamaile with Kahikikala (the mate of his youth) was only 3 years old.
Conflict: Order of mates is different in McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 2 p 71.
F. He was "co-ruler with his half-brother Kalaniopuu until he died because they had the same mother, were raised together, and were both grandsons of the great Keawe. He is called 'the father of kings'." (Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 188). "Keoua was younger than Kalaniopuu" (Genealogy of some Hawaiian Chiefs, Ms. SC Emory Group 8 Box 4.1).
G. He died in 1752 near Hilo, Hawaii (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 142). He died of lingering illness in 1752 at Waiakea, Hilo (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 75; Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 386-387).
Conflict: Spencer, Buke Oihana Lapaau me na Apu-Laau Hawaii, p 85 indicates death in 1749 in Wailoa, Hilo.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1712 | ||||
| Death | 1752 |  | |||
| Alt name | Kalanikupuapaikalani | ||||
| Alt name | Keoua Kalanikupuapa | | |||
| Alt name | Kalanikupua | | |||
| Alt name | Keouanui Kupuapaikalaninui | | |||
| Alt name | Keoua Kupuapaikalaninui Ahilapalapa KalaninuiiMamao | | |||
| Alt name | Keouanui | | |||
| Alt name | Kalaninuikupuapaikalaninui Keoua | | |||
| Alt name | Keouakalanikupua | | |||
| Alt name | Keaoua Kalaninui | | |||
| Alt name | Keaouakalanikupuapaikalaninuiahilapalapa | | |||
| Alt name | Keaouakalanikupuapa | | |||
| Alt name | Kalanikupuapaikalaninui | | |||
| Alt name | Kalanikupua Keoua | | |||
| Alt name | Keouakupuapaikalaninui | | |||
| Alt name | Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Keoua | | |||
| Alt name | KeouaKalanikupuapaiKalaninui | | |||
| Alt name | Keouwa nui | | |||
| Alt name | Keouwa | | |||
| Alt name | Keaoua | |
Families
| Spouse | Kekuiapoiwa ( - ) |
| Child | Kamehameha I (1736 - 1819) |
| Child | Kalanimalokuloku ( - 1809) |
| Child | Peleuli ( - ) |
| Child | Piipii ( - ) |
| Child | Manuamaa ( - ) |
| Child | Lunalilo ( - ) |
| Spouse | Kamakaeheikuli ( - ) |
| Child | Kalaimamahu ( - ) |
| Child | Kawelookalani ( - ) |
| Spouse | Kalola (1735 - 1790) |
| Child | Kekuiapoiwa Liliha ( - 1815) |
| Spouse | KamoaKeawe ( - ) |
| Child | MahehaiAuliamanu ( - ) |
| Spouse | Akahi ( - ) |
| Child | Kaleiwohi ( - ) |
| Child | Haaheo ( - ) |
| Spouse | Kalanilehua ( - ) |
| Spouse | Manona ( - ) |
| Child | Kaleiwohi ( - ) |
| Child | Kiilaweau ( - ) |
| Spouse | Kahikikala ( - 1780) |
| Child | Kalokuokamaile (1730 - 1780) |
| Father | Keeaumoku (1690 - ) |
| Mother | Kamakaimoku (1685 - ) |
| Sibling | Limaloa (1714 - ) |
| Sibling | Kanekoa (1716 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 1-3 vols. , vol 2 p 142..
2. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 75..
3. David Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii: The Fables and Folk-lore of a Strange People (New York: C.L. Webster & Co, 1888)., p 386-387..
4. Abraham Fornander. "Chronological Table of Events in Hawaiian History." In An English-Hawaiian Dictionary, ed. H. R. Hitchcock (1887)..
5. Liliuokalani, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen (Boston: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Co, 1898)., p 403..
6. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 1-3 vols. , vol 1 p 249..
7. Descendants of Prince Keeaumoku I. HMS G65 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., Chart 6..
8. Sam Amalu, Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-49, The Genealogy of Hawaiian Royalty, 1981., Chart 8-A..
9. Sam Amalu, Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-49, The Genealogy of Hawaiian Royalty, 1981., Chart 8-A..
10. Peabody-Henriques genealogy. Hms G17 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 44..
11. Laanui (Wilcox and Pratt) Genealogy. Hms G15 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)..
12. Charles A., Walker, J. and Johnson, R. K., Kamehameha's Children Today, 2nd ed. (Honolulu: Native Books Inc, 2016)., p 125..
13. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1983), vol. 1., p 9..
14. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 1-3 vols. , vol 2 p. 212..
15. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1986), vol. 2., p 31..
16. Keahikuniaalapalapa, Hawaii State Archives, Royal Genealogy of H.R.H.P. Kaikilani IV and her Family, June 5, 1913, Genealogy Books, G-53., p 7..
17. Keahikuniaalapalapa, Hawaii State Archives, Royal Genealogy of H.R.H.P. Kaikilani IV and her Family, June 5, 1913, Genealogy Books, G-53., p 10..
18. Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, (Laie: The Institute for Polynesian Studies, 1983), vol. 1..
19. Helekunihi Genealogy. Hms G54 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 11..
20. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa., 30 July 1864, p 4, Moolelo Kuauhau o ka hanauna o na'lii mai ka po mai a puka mai i ka Moi Kamehameha V (signed P.S. Pakele)..
21. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 75..
22. "Hawaiian History." The Hawaiian Spectator II, trans. Reuben Tinker (1839), p 214..
23. S. M. Kamakau, Royal Genealogy of Queen Kaleleonalani, HEN vol. 1, Bishop Museum Archives., p 2993..
24. Sheldon Dibble, History of the Sandwich Islands (Lahainaluna: Press of the Mission Seminary, 1843)., p 21..
25. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969), 1-3 vols. , vol 2 p 142..
26. Mary Kawena Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies (Honolulu, 1962)., p 23..
27. Mary Kawena Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies (Honolulu, 1962)., p 12..
28. Elizabeth K. Pratt, Keoua: Father of Kings. Honolulu: Honolulu Star Bulletin Ltd, 1920., p 8..
29. He Buke Mookuauhau Alii. Hms G13 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 38..
30. Home Rula Repubalika, , 22 January 1902, p 1, Ka La Hanau o ke Alii opio Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Keoua..
31. Hawaii State Archives, Genealogy Books, G-27, Genealogy of Pratt and Cummins..
32. Board of Genealogy of Hawaiian Chiefs, Hale Naua. M445-2-27. Hawaii State Archives., p 4..
33. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa., 21 July 1899, p 2, Ka Mookuauhau Alii o ka Moi Wahine Kapiolani (signed R.W.W)..
34. Peabody-Henriques genealogy. Hms G17 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 3..
35. Peabody-Henriques genealogy. Hms G17 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 32..
36. Iaukea Genealogy. M70-1-2. Hawaii State Archives., p 23..