Keakealani-wahine

Keakealani-wahine 1640 - 1695, was the 20th Alii Aimoku of Hawaii from 1665 - 1695. She was the sovereign queen or chieftess of The Big Island.

She was born the daughter of Queen Keaka-mahana, 19th Alii Aimoku of Hawaii, by her husband and cousin, Alii Iwikau-i-kaua, of Oahu. She succeeded on the death of her mother, 1665.

Her reign was a troubled one. The great house of I, in whose family the chieftainship of the Hilo district had been vested since the days of their ancestor Prince Kumalae the son of King Umi, had grown to such wealth and strength, and importance, as to be practically independent of even the very loose bonds with which the ruling district chiefs were held to their feudal obligations. The representative of this house of the district chief of Hilo at this time was Kuahuia, the son of Kua-ana-a-I, and grandson of I. What led to the war, or what were its incidents, has not been preserved on the traditional records, but it is frequently alluded to as a long and bitter strife between Kuahwia and Keakealaniwahine; and though tradition is equally silent as to its conclusion, it may be inferred that the royal authority was unable to subdue its powerful vassal from the fact that at the death of Keaweikekahiali`iokamoku, Keakealani's son and successor, we find that Mokulani, the son of Kuahuia was still the principal chief-"Alli-ai-moku"-of Hilo. It is on record that Mahiolole, the powerful district chief of Kohala was the chief counselor and supporter of Keakealani, which in fact, independent of other causes, may account in a measure for the intimacy of Keakealaniwahine's daughter, Kalanikauleleiaiwa, and the Mahiolole's son, Kauaua-a-Mahu.

She married two times. First to her cousin, Alii Kanaloaikaiwilewa, or as he is called in some genealogies, Alii Kanaloa-i-Kaiwilena Kapulehu, son of Alii 'Umi-nui-kukailani, by his wife, Alii Kalani-o-Umi, daughter of Kaikilani, 17th Alii Aimoku of Hawaii. She married second her half-brother, Alii Kane-i-Kauaiwilani, son of her father, Alii Iwikauikaua, of Oahu, by his second wife, Kauakahi Kua'ana'au-a-kane. She married third Kapa'akauikealakea.

She had a son Keawe-i-Kekahiali'iokamoku by Kanaloa-i-Kaiwilena Kapulehu, who would succeed her as the 21st Alii Aimoku of Hawaii.

She died ca. 1695, having had issue, two sons and two daughters.