Kahakumakapaweo
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Kahakumakapaweo was the 12th Alii Aimoku of Kauai. He ruled as titular King or chief of Kauai. He was born around the year 1530.
Kahakumakapaweo was Kuwalupaukamoku's son by his wife Hameawaha'ula. He was contemporary with Piilani of Maui, with Liloa of Hawaii, and with Kukaniloko of Oahu. He is remembered with great renown and affection throughout the group, not only as a good, wise, and liberal sovereign, but also as the ancestor, through his grandchildren, Kahakumakalina and Ilihiwalani, or numerous aristocratic families from Hawaii to Niihau, who in after ages took a special pride in tracing themselves back to the high and pure-blooded kapu chiefs of Kauai.
The last portion of the ancient history of Kauai, from the time of Kahakumakapaweo until the close of the eighteenth century, is the most unsatisfactory to whoever undertakes to reduce the national legends, traditions, and chants to some degree of historical form and sequence. The legends are disconnected and the genealogies are few. The indigenous Kauai folklore of this period was singularly obscured and thrust in the background by that of Oahu during the ascendancy of Kualii and of Peleioholani, and by that of Maui during the time of Kaeokulani. When, subsequently to this period, after the death of Kamehameha, Kaumualii, the last independent king of Kauai, removed to Honolulu and became the spouse of Kaahumanu, most of his nobles followed him thither, and Kauai folklore suffered a further eclipse. That the ruling families of Kauai were the highest tabu chiefs in the group is evident from the avidity with which chiefs and chiefesses of the other islands sought alliance with them. They were always considered as the purest of the “blue blood " of the Hawaiian aristocracy; and even at this day, when feudalism has vanished and the ancient chants in honour of deceased ancestors are either silent or chanted, it is no small honour and object of pride to a family to be able to trace its descent from Kahakumakapaweo through one or the other of his grandsons, Kahakumakalina or Ilihiwalani. But of the exploits and transactions of most of the chiefs who ruled over Kauai during this period, there is little preserved to tell.
His son Kalanikukuma, by his wife Kahakukuka'ena, succeeded him as king of Kauai.
Kahakumakapaweo was Kuwalupaukamoku's son by his wife Hameawaha'ula. He was contemporary with Piilani of Maui, with Liloa of Hawaii, and with Kukaniloko of Oahu. He is remembered with great renown and affection throughout the group, not only as a good, wise, and liberal sovereign, but also as the ancestor, through his grandchildren, Kahakumakalina and Ilihiwalani, or numerous aristocratic families from Hawaii to Niihau, who in after ages took a special pride in tracing themselves back to the high and pure-blooded kapu chiefs of Kauai.
The last portion of the ancient history of Kauai, from the time of Kahakumakapaweo until the close of the eighteenth century, is the most unsatisfactory to whoever undertakes to reduce the national legends, traditions, and chants to some degree of historical form and sequence. The legends are disconnected and the genealogies are few. The indigenous Kauai folklore of this period was singularly obscured and thrust in the background by that of Oahu during the ascendancy of Kualii and of Peleioholani, and by that of Maui during the time of Kaeokulani. When, subsequently to this period, after the death of Kamehameha, Kaumualii, the last independent king of Kauai, removed to Honolulu and became the spouse of Kaahumanu, most of his nobles followed him thither, and Kauai folklore suffered a further eclipse. That the ruling families of Kauai were the highest tabu chiefs in the group is evident from the avidity with which chiefs and chiefesses of the other islands sought alliance with them. They were always considered as the purest of the “blue blood " of the Hawaiian aristocracy; and even at this day, when feudalism has vanished and the ancient chants in honour of deceased ancestors are either silent or chanted, it is no small honour and object of pride to a family to be able to trace its descent from Kahakumakapaweo through one or the other of his grandsons, Kahakumakalina or Ilihiwalani. But of the exploits and transactions of most of the chiefs who ruled over Kauai during this period, there is little preserved to tell.
His son Kalanikukuma, by his wife Kahakukuka'ena, succeeded him as king of Kauai.
[edit] References
- Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian Genealogies extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers
- Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.
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Alii Aimoku of Kauai
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The Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi was the sovereign king or queen of the islands of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau.
In 1810, King Kaumualiʻi, the 23rd Aliʻ Aimoku, ceded his kingdom to King Kamehameha I of Hawaii, in an effort to avoid bloodshed. Thereafter, he ruled it as a Vassal state, until kidnapped by King Kamehameha II and taken to Honolulu in 1821. After his death in 1824, his son George Kaumualiʻi took back his birth name Humehume and attempted to re-establish an independent on Kauaʻi, but was also eventually captured and taken to Honolulu. Ironically, any claim to the crown of the Hawaiian islands now rests with Kaumualii's heirs, the House of Kawānanakoa, after the death of the House of Kamehameha and House of Kalākaua.
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The monarchs of Kauaʻi, like those of the other Hawaiian islands, claim descent from Wakea and Papa. Nanaulu, a descendant in the fourteenth generation from Wakea, was the ancestor of Moikeha, 1st Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauai, but his dynasty was supplanted after two generations. The second, or Puna dynasty was established by La'amaikahiki, eleventh in descent from Puna who was twenty-fourth in descent from Wakea. Of course, every aliʻi lineage is ancient to us, but the northern kingdoms produced the great bloodlines that everyone wanted to graft into, including Kamehameha. Theirs is the "bluest blood", and the kingdoms they created, while very much like the kingdoms that Kamehameha’s grandparents and parents created, had a slightly different culture. [1] The last Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi of the old uninterrupted line of Puna was Kawelo'a'maihunali'i. After his death the kingship of Kauaʻi fell on Kuali'i, the Aliʻi Aimoku of Oahu and cousin of Kawelo'a'maihunali'i.In 1810, King Kaumualiʻi, the 23rd Aliʻ Aimoku, ceded his kingdom to King Kamehameha I of Hawaii, in an effort to avoid bloodshed. Thereafter, he ruled it as a Vassal state, until kidnapped by King Kamehameha II and taken to Honolulu in 1821. After his death in 1824, his son George Kaumualiʻi took back his birth name Humehume and attempted to re-establish an independent on Kauaʻi, but was also eventually captured and taken to Honolulu. Ironically, any claim to the crown of the Hawaiian islands now rests with Kaumualii's heirs, the House of Kawānanakoa, after the death of the House of Kamehameha and House of Kalākaua.
[edit] List of Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
The known independent rulers were:[2][3]- Moikeha 1st Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Haulanuiaiakea 2nd Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- La'amaikahiki 3rd Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Ahukini-a-Laa 4th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kamahano 5th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Luanu'u 6th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kukona 7th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Manokalanipo 8th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kamakamano 9th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kahakuakane 10th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kuwalupaukamoku 11th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kahakumakapaweo 12th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kalanikukuma 13th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kahakumakalina 14th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kamakapu 15th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kawelomahamahaia 16th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kawelomakualua 17th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kaweloiankanaka 18th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kawelo'a'maihunali'i 19th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kuali'i ? - 1730 20th Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi and 19th Alii Aimoku of Oahu
- Peleioholani 1730 - 1770, 21st Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi and 22nd Aliʻi Aimoku of Oahu
- Kamakahelei (female) 1770 - 1794, 22nd Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
- Kaumuali'i 1794 - 1810, 23rd Aliʻi Aimoku of Kauaʻi
[edit] References
- ^ Jim Bartels (2003). "Nu'uanu, O'ahu - A Native Place: Old O'ahu". Pacific Worlds web site. http://www.pacificworlds.com/nuuanu/native/native1.cfm. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ^ Christopher Buyers. "Kauai Genealogy". http://www.royalark.net/Hawaii/kauai.htm. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
- ^ Henry Soszynski (2007). "Chiefs of Kauai". University of Queensland. http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/states/hawaii/kauai.html. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
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