Keliʻimaikaʻi | |||||
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Born | c. 1765 | ||||
Died | November 14, 1809 | ||||
Burial | Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum | ||||
Spouse | Kiʻilaweau Kalikoʻokalani |
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Issue |
Kekuaokalani Kaʻōanaʻeha Kuamoʻo |
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House |
House of Keoua House of Keliimaikai |
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Father | Keōua | ||||
Mother | Kekuiapoiwa II |
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Kalanimālokuloku-i-Kepoʻokalani Keliʻimaikaʻi |
Kalanimālokuloku-i-Kepoʻokalani Keliʻimaikaʻi (c. 1765–1809) was a High Chief and the most popular brother of Kamehameha the Great, who founded the Kingdom of Hawaii.
He was generally credited as an ancestor of Queen Emma of Hawaii, the consort of Kamehameha IV, a candidate for the Royal Election of 1872. His name Keliʻimaikaʻi in the Hawaiian language means "The Good Chief". Sometimes his name is spelled Kealiʻimaikaʻi. or by visiting Europeans as Tidi Miti or Tereameteʻe. He is sometimes called a Prince due his relation to Kamehameha. He was also the Chief Priest of ʻIo and Kāne.
Keliʻimaikaʻi was born in around the year 1765. His mother was the High Chiefess Kekuiapoiwa II of the Kona district and father was High Chief Keōua of the Kohala district. His only full brother was Kamehameha I, although he had many half-siblings through his parents' other marriages. His father Keōua was the grandson of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku, who had once ruled a large portion of the island of Hawaiʻi. After his death the island erupted into civil war and Alapainui, a chief of Kohala, gained the upper hand and dispossessed his father of his lands. Kekuʻiapoiwa II was daughter of Haʻae-a-Mahi, the brother of Alapainui. His kahu (guardian) is said to have been Koʻoluaaliʻiolaʻi.e. and her husband, Kaha Kūʻaikea (the brother of Kahaʻōhulani, guardian to Kamehameha I).