Ululani

Ululani was a Hawaiian chiefess, 7th Aliʻi Nui (ruler) of Hilo. She is also known as Ululani Nui ("Ululani the Great") and was the most celebrated woman poet of her day.

See also: Ululani Lewai Baker
Ululani
Aliʻi Nui (ruler) of Hilo
SpouseKeawemaʻuhili
Keawe-a-Heulu
IssueKeaweokahikiona
Elelule Laʻakeaelelulu
Naihe
Keohohiwa
FatherMokulani
MotherPāpaʻikaniau (Niau)

Biography

She was a daughter and successor of the chief Mokulani[1] and the chiefess Pāpaʻikaniau, otherwise known as Niau, the daughter of Kuʻimeheua and Kalanikūʻēʻiwalono.

Her name can mean "heavenly inspiration and growth", "raised to prominence" and it can mean "a royal assemblage or collection".[2]

She was married to Keawemaʻuhili and she bore him two sons: Keaweokahikona and ʻElelule Laʻakeaʻelelule. She was also married to Keawe-a-Heulu, and their children were orator Nāʻihe and chiefess Keohohiwa, mother of ʻAikanaka.

Family tree
Kalākaua family tree

Key- (k)= Kane (male/husband)
(w)= wahine (female/wife)
Subjects with bold titles, lavender highlighted, bold box= Direct bloodline
Bold title, bold, grey box= Aunts, uncles, cousins line
Bold title, bold white box= European or American (raised to aliʻi status by marriage or monarch's decree)
Regular name and box= makaʻāinana or untitled foreign subject

Kāneikaiwilani (k)Kanalohanaui (k)Keakealani (w)Ahu-a-ʻI (k)Piʻilani (w) IIMoana (k)
Lonoikahaupu (k)Kalanikauleleiaiwi (w)Kauauaʻamahi (k)Keawe II (k)Lonomaʻaikanaka (w)Kauhiahaki (k)Iliki-a-Moana (w)
Keawepoepoe (k)Kanoena (w)Haʻaeamahi (k)Kekelakekeokalani (w)Alapainui (k)Keaka (w)Keeaumoku Nui (k)Kamakaimoku (w)Kaeamamao (k)[lower-roman 1]Kaolanialiʻi (w)[lower-roman 1]
Kameʻeiamoku (k)
Kamakaʻeheikuli (w)Keōua (k)Kahekili II (k)Kekuiapoiwa II (w)Ikuaʻana (w)Heulu (k)Moana (w)Keaweʻopala (k)Nohomualani (k)
Keaweaheulu (k)Ululani (w)Hakau (w)Kanaʻina (k)Kauwa (w)Eia (k)
Kepoʻokalani (k)[lower-roman 1]Alapai (w)[lower-roman 1]Keohohiwa (w)Keōpūolani (w)Kamehameha I
Kalaniʻōpuʻu (k)Kānekapōlei (w)Kiʻilaweau (k)Nāhiʻōleʻa (k)Kahoʻowaha II (w)Inaina (w)
Hao (K)Kailipakalua (w)
Kamanawa II (k)[lower-roman 1]Kamokuiki (w)[lower-roman 1]ʻAikanaka (k)Kamaeokalani (w)Kaōleiokū (k)Keoua (w)Luahine (w)KalaʻimamahuKaheiheimālie
Kamehameha II
Kamehameha III
Kekūanāoʻa (k)Kahalaiʻa
Luanuʻu (k)		Pauahi (w)Kīnaʻu (w)Pākī (k)Kōnia (w)Kanaʻina IIKaʻahumanu III
Kapaʻakea
(1815 – 1866)[lower-roman 1]		Keohokālole
(1816–1869)[lower-roman 1]		Keʻelikōlani (w)Kamehameha IV
Kamehameha V
Kaʻahumanu IV
Pauahi Bishop (w)Bishop (k)Lunalilo (k)
Kaliokalani
(1835–1852)[lower-roman 1]		Kalākaua
(1836 - 1891)[lower-roman 1]
Kapiʻolani
(1834–1899)
Liliʻuokalani
(1838 - 1917)[lower-roman 1]
Dominis
(1832 - 1891)		Kaʻiulani
(1842–?)[lower-roman 1]		Kaʻiminaʻauao
(1845 – 1848)[lower-roman 1]		Cleghorn
(1835 – 1910)		Likelike
(1851 – 1887)[lower-roman 1]		Leleiohoku II
(1854–1877)[lower-roman 1]
Kaʻiulani
(1875–1899)[lower-roman 1]

Notes:

  1. Genealogy of Liliuokalani, page 400, appendix B, No. 2 Queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani (1898). Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen. University of Hawaii Press. p. 400. Retrieved 29 September 2016. Kapaakea genealogy.

    References
    1. Genealogy
    2. Dean Kekoolani. "Ululani (Ululani I, Ululani Nui) (Ali'i-o-Hilo)". Kekoolani Genealogy of the Descendants of the Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
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