Individual Details

LINEAGE
Conflict: Descendants of Prince Keeaumoku I, Hms G65, Chart 8-B and Keahikuniaalapalapa, Royal Genealogy of H.R.H.P. Kaikilani IV and her Family, G-53, p 32 list father as Mahi-I-Kauakahi.
LIFE
A. He was half-brother to Kalaniopuu (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 143,154)
B. "He was called Keawe-ma'u-hili, that is, Keawe of double twist (wili lua), because of his high rank on both sides" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 122).
C. He was chief of Hilo (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 64,131). He was "chief during the time of Alapa'i-nui and ... Ka-lani-'opu'u" (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 122).
D. He was one of three rival chiefs (including Keoua and Kamehameha) claiming independence following Kiwalao's death (Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 393). Keoua Kuahuula ruled over Kau and Puna, Keawemauhili over Hilo and half of Puna and Hamakua, while Kamehameha ruled Kona, Kohala, and half of Hamakua (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 122). Ruler of Hilo 1780 (Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands, p xvi).
E. He died in battle near Hilo, Hawaii about 1790 (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 240). He was invaded and killed by Keoua Kuahu'ula (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 380; Kalakaua, The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 394).
Conflict: Thrum, Chronological Table of Important Events lists death year as 1789.
F. Contemporaries in late 1700s: Kamehameha and cousin King Kiwalao, cousin Keoua (half-brother of Kiwalo) and uncle Keawemauhili (brother to Kalaniopuu), Kona chief Kekuhaupio, Keeaumoku, Kameeiamoku (Emerson, Mamala-Hoa, p 16-17).
C. Fragment: Kalaipaihala is his nephew (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 235).
G. FragmentS: "he is the own grandfather to S.L. Kalaniomaiheuila Peleioholani (k), own father of A. Kahalelehua Kaonohiulaokalani Notley" (McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies, vol 2 p 119).
Fragment: Relatives he sent with war canoes to aid Kamehameha in 1790 were: Keaweokahikona, Eleele, Kaleipaiahala, and Koakanu (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 147). Also sent was Kalanimanokahoowaha, "the chief who slew Captain Cook" (Dibble, History of the Sandwich Islands, p 61).
Fragment: Killed with him was his brother-in-law Ka'o'o (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 151).

Death	Abt 1790	Hilo, Hawaii
Alt name		KeaweaMauhili
Alt name		Keawe Wililua
Alt name		Keawemauwili
Alt name		Keawe Mauhili

Spouse	Ululani ( - )
Child	Keaweokahikiona ( - )
Child	Elelelu ( - )
Child	Koakanu ( - )
Child	Kailipakalua ( - )

Spouse	Piipii ( - )
Child	Kamehameha Kauokoa ( - )

Spouse	Kalamalama ( - )
Child	Kekui ( - )

Spouse	Kalaniwahineuli ( - )
Child	Kuaiolaloa ( - )

Spouse	Kikipaa ( - )
Child	Kapiolani (1781 - 1841)
Child	Kaleiopuu ( - )
Child	Nawailau ( - )

Spouse	Kalola ( - )
Child	I. Kanaka ( - )

Spouse	Pililua ( - )
Child	Puniawa ( - )
Child	Kawahaopele ( - )
Child	Kaliloa ( - )
Child	Ahaula ( - )

Spouse	Keliimanohaloa ( - )
Child	Keaweheana ( - )
Child	Keawelani ( - )
Child	Kapaulumoku ( - )

Father	Kalaninuiamamao (1683 - )
Mother	Kekaulike ( - )
Sibling	Kaleipaihala ( - )
Sibling	Keawemahiulani ( - )
Sibling	Ahia ( - )