Individual Details
Kiwalao
( - Jul 1782)
LINEAGE
Conflict: Pukui, Hawaiian Genealogies, p 83 identifies father as Kaleiopuu, son of Keeaumoku and Kamakaimoku (w).
Conflict: Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands, p 80 lists mother as Namahana.
LIFE
A. "Kiwalao lived most of his life at Hana, on Maui, with his mother, Kalola. Most of his friends and his loyalties were there." (Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 196).
B. Succeeded father as ruler of Hawaii conferred in 1780 (Fornander, Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 212, 299).
C. Contemporaries: Kameeiamoku, Kamanawa, Kekuhaupio, Keawemauhili (Fornander, Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 304).
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).
D. Slain in battle with Kamehameha on Hawaii in July 1782 (Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race, vol 2 p 309-310). Killed by Keeaumoku in battle almost immediately after his father's funeral (Kalakaua,"The Legends and Myths of Hawaii, p 363). It was the Battle of Mokuohai. He had been ruler for less than 6 months (Oukah, Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, p 196). Killed on the fifth day of the battle (Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, p 120).
Events
| Death | Jul 1782 | Kona, Hawaii |  | ||
| Alt name | KiwalaoiKauikeouli | | |||
| Alt name | Kauikeaouli Kiwalao | | |||
| Alt name | KalanikauikeaouliKawalao | | |||
| Alt name | Kauikeauli Kiwalao | ||||
| Alt name | Kauikeauli | | |||
| Alt name | KalanikuiKealaneoiKaleilaniPiikauinamoku | | |||
| Alt name | Kauikeouli | | |||
| Alt name | Kauikeaouli |
Families
| Spouse | Kalani KukauaLaa ( - ) |
| Child | Kaikilani ( - ) |
| Child | Keakealani ( - ) |
| Child | KaleioLaakapu ( - ) |
| Spouse | Kekuiapoiwa Liliha ( - 1815) |
| Child | Keopuolani (1778 - 1823) |
| Child | Manono ( - ) |
| Child | Kaikilani Kualii ( - ) |
| Child | Kamoaakeawe ( - ) |
| Spouse | Kalanikauiokikilo ( - 1809) |
| Child | Kilioulanimamao ( - ) |
| Father | Kalaniopuu (1701 - 1782) |
| Mother | Kalola (1735 - 1790) |
Endnotes
1. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 121..
2. A. Forbes, "A Chronological Table of Remarkable Events Connected with the History of the Hawaiian Islands," in A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language, ed. Lorrin Andrews (1865)..
3. Abraham Fornander. "Chronological Table of Events in Hawaiian History." In An English-Hawaiian Dictionary, ed. H. R. Hitchcock (1887)..
4. Descendants of Prince Keeaumoku I. HMS G65 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., Chart 8-A-1..
5. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 449..
6. Helekunihi Genealogy. Hms G54 (FamilySearch: Bishop Museum)., p 38..
7. S. M. Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii, trans. A. Group Of Hawaiian Scholars. rev. ed. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, 1992)., p 449..
8. Genealogy Kekahuna Family. M445-2-27. Hawaii State Archives., p 6..
9. Hawaii Dept. Of Accounting and General Services. Archives Division, Hawaiian Chiefs Biographical Abstract (Honolulu, 1998)..
10. Oukah. Hawaiian Royal & Noble Genealogies, (Dallas: Triskelion Press, 1998)., p 196..
11. William Richards. Memoir of Keopuolani Late Queen of the Sandwich Islands (Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1825)., p 10..