Hoolulu

Hoʻolulu
Ooro (French spelling) by Jacques Arago 1819
Born	1794
Died	1844
Spouse	Charlotte Halaki Kahepakekapuikaailani Cox
Issue	Kaiheʻekai Kinoʻoleoliliha Moʻoheau-nui-i-Kaaiawaawa-o-ʻUlu Kahinu
Father	Kameʻeiamoku
Mother	Kahikoloa

Hoʻolulu (1794–1844) was a member of the nobility during the formation of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was a trusted advisor to King Kamehameha I, also known as "Kamehameha the Great", and was one of the select few to know his secret resting place. His descendants continue the tradition of guarding royal burials. A major cultural site in Hilo, Hawaii is named after him.

He was born around 1794; his mother was Kahikoloa and his father was one of the "Royal Twins" who supported Kamehameha in his military battles, Kameʻeiamoku. He became known as ho'o lulu which means "to lie in the sheltered waters" in the Hawaiian language. When Kamehameha died in 1819, his last wishes were to have his remains hidden in a secret place so they would not be defiled by the foreign visitors who were already looting other burial sites. Hoʻolulu and his half-brother Ulumāheihei Hoapili were the only two trusted with this honor.

He is one of the principal chiefs who met Louis de Freycinet on his 1819 visit.

Hoʻolulu died around 1844.

Around 1825 Hoʻolulu married Chiefess Charlotte Halaki Kahepakekapuikaailani Cox (1805–1845) whose father was Englishman Harold Cox and mother was High Chiefess Namahana of Moana. They had two daughters and two sons.

Son Kaiheʻekai (died 1865) took the Christian name "John Harold" and married Chiefess Namahana III also known as Namahana Kaleleonalani or by a Christian name of Lydia. Namahana III was a grandniece of powerful Queen Kaʻahumanu. They had a daughter Miriam Auhea Kekāuluohi (1839–1899), named for the Kuhina Nui (co-regent) at the time, Kekāuluohi. Auhea Kekāuluohi was mentioned as betrothed to Prince Lunalilo, but instead would marry American William Isaac, (or Jesse) Crowningburg (who claimed relationship to a Duke of Königsberg) and then after a divorce and his death, remarry Paul Kamai in 1873. After Lunalilo's death during his short reign as King, Miriam was considered to have a claim to the throne herself. She never contested the closer connections of the other contenders: Queen Emma, Bernice Pauahi Bishop, and Ruth Keʻelikōlani.