Individual Details

LINEAGE
A. Conflict: McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 2 p 134;
Grace Kahoalii, Hms G1.8;
Cartwright, The Genealogy of the Kamehameha Dynasty, p 21;
Genealogical Information about Hawaiian Families from the Bruce Cartwright Collection, U-177
list parents as Kekuiapiia I and Keliimaikai Kalanimalokulokuikepoookalani.
And Genealogy of John Young 2/28/1942, U171 and Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 193 lists father as Keliimaikai, brother of Kamehameha I.
B. He was great-grandson of Kamakaimoku, as was Keopuolani, and Liholiho was his cousin (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 444). He was "nephew of Kamehameha" (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 203). Kekuaokalani was "the cousin of Liholiho Kamehameha II" (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 144).
C. He was grandson of Manona, daughter of Kamakaimoku (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 439).
D. Fragment: Naihe was his uncle (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 444).
LIFE
A. Kehuaokalani means "the back or god of heaven"
(Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xvi).
B. He was a favorite of Kamehameha, who "kept him constantly with him" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 209). He was "second heir" named by Kamehameha (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 223).
C. In the priesthood, he was instructed by Hewehewa. "Beginning at the bottom, with patient application he passed through the intervening degress until he stood beside the high-priest, fully his equal in learning" (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 440).
D. "The apostasy of Hewahewa left Kekuaokalani at the head of the priesthood- at least so he seems to have assumed - and the royal order to demolish the temples was answered by him with an appeal to the people to arm and join him in defence of their gods. He raised the standard revolt on the island of Hawaii, and was soon at the head of a considerable army. A large force was sent against him, and every effort was made to induce him to lay down his arms. But he scored all terms, refused all concessions" (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 28). "we behold Kekuaokalani, the last defender in arms of the Hawaiian gods and temples, trampling upon the edict of the king against the worship of his fathers, and dying, with his faithful wife Manono, on the field of Kuamoo" (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 15).
E. He rebelled against the abolition of the kapu by Kaahumanu, Liholiho, and Keopuolani. He led an army against Kalanimoku, the Kingdom's chief of war.
He died at Kuamoo, Hawaii in 1819 (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p. 226-228) on the battlefield (Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 171).
F. He died 4-5 months after King Liholiho was baptized a Roman Catholic, but some months before March 1820 (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 28).

Death	29 Dec 1819	Kuamoo, Hawaii
Alt name		Kekuaokalaninui
Alt name		Kaowa Kekuaokalani
Alt name		Keaoua Kekuaokalani

Spouse

Manono ( - 1819)

Spouse	Kiliwehi ( - )
Child	Kekuiapiia ( - )

Father	Kalanimalokuloku ( - 1809)
Mother	Kiilaweau ( - )