Keakamahana

Keakamāhana (c. 1615–1665) was an aliʻi nui of Hawaiʻi Island from 1635–1665. She ruled as sovereign of the island from the royal complex at Hōlualoa Bay.

Keakamāhana
Aliʻi Aimoku of Hawaiʻi
Reign1635 – 1665
PredecessorKeakealanikane
SuccessorKeakealaniwahine
Bornc. 1615
Died1665
SpouseIwikauikaua
IssueQueen Keakealaniwahine
FatherKeakealanikane
MotherKealiʻiokalani

Life

She was the eldest daughter of the King Keakealanikane, the former aliʻi nui of Hawaiʻi. Her mother was Kealiiokalani.

She succeeded on the death of her father in 1635. She married her cousin Aliʻi Iwikauikaua, son of Aliʻi Makakaualiʻi, by his wife Kapukāmola. She died in 1665, and her daughter Keakealaniwahine succeed her.

References

  • Abraham Fornander (1880). John F. G. Stokes (ed.). An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations. Republished 1969 Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont. p. 127.
Preceded by
Keakealani Kāne
Aliʻi Aimoku of Hawaiʻi Island
1635–1665
Succeeded by
Keakealaniwahine


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