Kamokuiki
Encyclopedia
Kamokuiki was grandmother of the last two ruling monarch
s of the Kingdom of Hawaii
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and had son Caesar Kapaakea
(1815–1866) with him. A daughter named Kekahili was born in about 1830.
Kamanawa found the daughter was not his, but of Chief Alapai-maloiki, and Kamanawa had a son by another woman named Aulani.
She divorced her husband Kamanawa in 1840, but Kamanawa was not allowed to remarry while she was alive. She died in Honolulu on September 27, 1840.
Kamanawa and accomplice Lonoapuakau were found guilty of her murder through poison.
They were hanged in the Honolulu Fort in October. This incident left a mark on her son Kapaakea and his son David Kalākaua
. The conflict with conservative American missionaries would become a crisis after Kalākaua took the throne as King, followed by his sister Queen Liliuokalani.
The House of Kawananakoa
descends from her daughter Kekahili. The House of Kalākaua
descends from her son Kapaakea.
Monarch
A monarch is the person who heads a monarchy. This is a form of government in which a state or polity is ruled or controlled by an individual who typically inherits the throne by birth and occasionally rules for life or until abdication...
s of the Kingdom of Hawaii
Kingdom of Hawaii
The Kingdom of Hawaii was established during the years 1795 to 1810 with the subjugation of the smaller independent chiefdoms of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lānai, Kauai and Niihau by the chiefdom of Hawaii into one unified government...
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Life
She was born about 1795. She married High Chief Kamanawa IIKamanawa II
Kamanawa II known as Kamanawa Ōpio or Kamanawa Elua was a Hawaiian high chief and grandfather of the last two ruling monarchs of the Kingdom of Hawaii, King David Kalākaua and Queen Lydia Makaeha Liliuokalani. His family had a good reputation until 1840 when he was convicted of murdering his...
and had son Caesar Kapaakea
Kapaakea
Caesar Kaluaiku Kapaakea was a Hawaiian chief who was the patriarch of the House of Kalākaua that ruled the Kingdom of Hawaii during the last of its days.-Biography:...
(1815–1866) with him. A daughter named Kekahili was born in about 1830.
Kamanawa found the daughter was not his, but of Chief Alapai-maloiki, and Kamanawa had a son by another woman named Aulani.
She divorced her husband Kamanawa in 1840, but Kamanawa was not allowed to remarry while she was alive. She died in Honolulu on September 27, 1840.
Kamanawa and accomplice Lonoapuakau were found guilty of her murder through poison.
They were hanged in the Honolulu Fort in October. This incident left a mark on her son Kapaakea and his son David Kalākaua
Kalakaua
Kalākaua, born David Laamea Kamanakapuu Mahinulani Nalaiaehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua and sometimes called The Merrie Monarch , was the last reigning king of the Kingdom of Hawaii...
. The conflict with conservative American missionaries would become a crisis after Kalākaua took the throne as King, followed by his sister Queen Liliuokalani.
The House of Kawananakoa
House of Kawananakoa
The House of Kawānanakoa, or the Kawānanakoa Dynasty in Waiting, are presumptive heirs to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii.-Origins:...
descends from her daughter Kekahili. The House of Kalākaua
House of Kalakaua
The House of Kalākaua, or the Kalākaua Dynasty, was the reigning family of the Kingdom of Hawaii between the assumption of King David Kalākaua to the throne in 1874 and the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani in 1893. Liliuokalani died in 1917, leaving only cousins as heirs...
descends from her son Kapaakea.