House of Keoua


The House of Keōua Nui , or simply House of Keōua, is the extended royal family of Ancient Hawaii from which the reigning family of Kamehameha I and Lunalilo were descended.

Origins

A younger branch of the reigning family of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, the dynastic line was established by Keōua Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Ahilapalapa, who was the father of Kamehameha I. He was the only son of Keeaumoku the Great and High Chiefess Kamakaīmoku.
Keōua's paternal lineage derives from a branch of the royal family of Hawaii Island. His father, High Chief Keeaumoku-nui of Kohala and Kona, was the second son of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, King of Hawaii Island and his half-sister bride, Kalanikauleleiaiwi. He was known as a pio chief of the highest rank since both his mother and father were pure royal blood. He even outranked his elder brother Kalaninuiamamao, from whom descends the House of Kalākaua and House of Kawānanakoa. It was because of these two brothers, who contested for the succession to the kingship of the island of Hawaii after Keaweīkekahialiiokamoku's death, that the island was dissolved into a handful independent warring factions.
The ancestry of Keōua's mother, High Chiefess Kamakaʻīmoku, daughter of Kua Nuuanu, Oahu district chief descended from the nobility of Hilo who were descendants of King Umi-a-Līloa's youngest son Kumalae, ruler of Hilo. His mother was also mother of Kalaniōpuu, by Kalaninuiamamao, making him half-brother of Kalaniōpuu and uncle of Kīwalaʻō. Kamakaimoku was also the half-sister of Heulu, the father of Keawe-a-Heulu, another ancestor of the House of Kalākaua.
Kamehameha I of the House of Keōua Nui conquered the separate islands in 1795, uniting them under a single Kingdom of Hawaii. His direct descendants are called the House of Kamehameha. His siblings' houses were then also considered a part of the royal family.

Branches of the House of Keōua Nui

Male line

Female line

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