Individual Details

LINEAGE
A. Conflict: McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 1 p 14 identifies mother as Haalou.
Conflict: He Buke Mookuauhau Alii, HMS G13, p 30 lists parents as Holau and Kekaulike (k).
Conflict: Meetings of Genealogical Board, etc., G-31, p 40 and Genealogies of the Alii, and the story of the union of Kauai with the other Hawaiian islands, MS KC 6.31, p 4 insert 2 generations listing parents as Kahekili and Kepoowaikumailani, child of Kekaulike and Kekauhiwamoku, child of Kekaulike and Holau
LIFE
A. Younger brother of Kahekili (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 397).
B. Prince of Maui (Descendants of Prince Keeaumoku I, HMS G65, Chart 8-B). Sovereign of Maui (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 242). Ruler of Kauai (Alexander, A Brief History of the Hawaiian People, p 127). Became ruler of Kauai by joining with Queen Kamakahelei (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 397).
C. Received Captain Cook in Jan 1778 at Waimea, Kauai and exchanged gifts (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 162).
D. He was ruler of Kauai during Captain Vancouver's visit in January 1794 (Dibble, History of the Sandwich Islands, p 48). King of Kauai (Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xv).
E. Perturbed by Kamehameha's conquest on Maui, he gathered an army and allied with Kahekili (then ruling chief of Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, and Maui) to attack Kamehameha on Hawaii (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 159-160). "At the death of Ka-hekili in 1793 Ka-eo-ku-lani became ruling chief of Maui, Molokai, and Lanai." He worked his way back from Maui toward Kauai fighting his way from island to island (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 168).
F. He died in battle with Kalanikupule on 12 Dec 1794 at Aiea, Oahu. His mates were also killed in the battle, but not Kamakahelei. (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 265).

Birth	Abt 1748
Death	12 Dec 1794	Aiea, Oahu
Alt name		Kaeo Kulani
Alt name		Kaeo
Alt name		Kaeokanekune

Spouse	Kamakahelei (1739 - )
Child	Lelemahoalau (1763 - )
Child	Kaumualii (1780 - 1824)

Spouse	Haalou ( - )
Child	Kekuapoi ( - )

Father	Kekaulike (1664 - 1736)
Mother	Hoolau ( - )
Sibling	Manuhaaipo ( - )
Sibling	Kapoowaikumailani ( - )
Sibling	Kekauhiwamoku ( - )