- Kahoowahaokalani
Kahookinaowaha-o-kalani was the 17th
Alii Aimoku of Oahu . He ruled as titular King or chief ofOahu . Sometimes referred to as Kahoowaha for short. He was the son ofKanekapu-a-Kakuhihewa , 16th Alii Aimoku of Oahu, and of his wife Kalua. He was recognised as the Moi of Oahu after his father was dead. His life and reign have furnished no theme for bards or raconteurs, from which historian infers that peace and prosperity was uninterrupted. He was the first Oahuan monarch of theKumuhonua -Elepuukahonua -Maweke line, sinceHaka of Oahu , to sit on the throne. He descends from Haka's granddaughter, through his mother Kalua. His distant maternal cousins includes the descendant ofIlihiwalani , who ruled as the District Chieftains of southwestern Kauai. His wife was PrincessKawelolauhuki of Kauai, whose pedigree is not clearly stated, but who was undoubtedly either a daughter or a niece ofKawelomahamhaia ofKauai . This union, along with Kahoowaha's own descent fromKumuhonua , no doubt boosted the kapu and power of the royal family there onward because it combined the sacred bloods of the Oahuan royal family with those of the closely related Kauaian royal family. Their son wasKauakahi-a-Kahoowaha , who would follow his father as Moi. He would have the blood of most of the sons and grandsons ofMaweke , the blue bloodalii , flowing through his vein.Reference
* Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.
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