Julia Alapai
| Julia Alapaʻi | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1814 |
| Died | August 2, 1849 Honolulu, Oahu |
| Burial | August 24, 1849 Pohukaina Tomb October 30, 1865 Royal Mausoleum at Mauna ʻAla |
| Spouse | Keoni Ana |
| Father | Nāhili |
| Mother | Kauwaʻa |
Julia Alapaʻi Kauwaʻa (c. 1814 – August 2, 1849) was a high chiefess of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Her name has been given as Julia Alapaʻi Kauwa and sometimes as Juliana instead.
Born in circa 1814, her father was High Chief Nāhili and her mother was High Chiefess Kauwaʻa. Nāhili was the sailing master for Kamehameha I and considered one of his most brilliant generals, instrumental in the latter's victory at the Battle of Nuʻuanu. During the last days of the wars of unification, he was sent along with Keaweopu and Isaac Davis to Kauaʻi where they successfully convinced King Kaumualiʻi to surrender control of the island in 1819. Her mother was the youngest daughter of King Alapaʻinui and his wife Kamaua. Alapaʻinui was the king of the island of Hawaiʻi prior to the accession of Kalaniʻōpuʻu, who, fearful of the prophecy of the birth of a "killer of chiefs", had tried to kill the baby Kamehameha at his birth. Her sister was Kaulunae, who married Kanehiwa and was the mother of Lipoa and Julia Moemalie. She also had a half-brother named Kaniukahi, the son of her father Nahili by another wife named Nakaiwahine, who became one of the companions of Prince Liholiho, the later King Kamehameha II.
Alternatively, her grandfather has been given as Alapaʻimaloiki, the nephew of Alapaʻinui, son of Alapaʻinui's half-brother kapu chief Keawepoepoe, the son of Kauaian chief Lonoikahaupu and Hawaiian chiefess Kalanikauleleiaiwi, by his wife Kūmaʻaikū. Alapaʻimaloiki was the half-brother of royal twins Kamanawa and Kameʻeiamoku, and full-blooded brother of Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi, the three trusted advisors of Kamehameha I who helped him united the Hawaiian islands. Thus, she would have been a close relative of the powerful Queen Kaʻahumanu, who served as kuhina nui and regent for King Kamehameha II and Kamehameha III.
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