Keaweaweulaokalani

Keaweaweʻulaokalani is a name shared by two short-lived princes and heirs to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Earlier

Keawe Aweʻula-o-Kalani I
Prince of Hawaii
House	House of Kamehameha
Father	Kamehameha III
Mother	Kalama
Born	January 1832 Honolulu, Oahu
Died	February 1832 Honolulu, Oahu

Keawe Aweʻula-o-Kalani I, Prince of Hawaii (January 1832 – February 1832) was the eldest son of Kamehameha III and his queen consort Kalama Hakaleleponi-i-Kapakuhaili. The baby boy was named after his father whose full name was Keaweaweʻula Kiwalaʻo Kauikeaouli Kaleiopapa Kalani Waiakua Kalanikau Iokikilo Kiwalaʻo i ke kapu Kamehameha. The royal suffix o-Kalani was added in to signified this Prince of Heaven.

At the time of his birth in Honolulu, Kamehameha III had not married his mother Kalama yet. His parents' marriage would not be until 14 February 1837. The newborn Prince was illegitimate, but illegitimacy was accepted in the early days of the monarchy, prior to the drafting of the Constitution, as could be seen in the case of his half-uncle Prince Pauli. Other than Prince Keawe, the next in line of succession would probably be his full-blooded aunt, Princess Nahienaena.

The young Prince Keawe died only 31 days after his birth. His death left Kamehameha III again childless. His younger brother, Keawe Aweʻula-o-Kalani II, would not be born until 1839.

Later

Keawe Aweʻula-o-Kalani II
Prince of Hawaii
House	House of Kamehameha
Father	Kamehameha III
Mother	Kalama
Born	1839 Honolulu, Oahu
Died	1839 Honolulu, Oahu

Keawe Aweʻula-o-Kalani II, Prince of Hawaii (1839–1839) was the second son of Kamehameha III and his queen consort Kalama Hakaleleponi-i-Kapakuhaili. The baby boy was the namesake of his father and his brother. He was the first legitimate issue of Kamehameha III, according to Western laws and ideals.

At the time of his birth in Honolulu, Kamehameha III had survived his own brother, Kamehameha II, and sister, Princess Nahienaena. The newborn Prince and his father were the only living descendants of his paternal great-grandfather Kiwalaʻo. There had been no heir since the death of the Prince's aunt in 1836, but there were still numerous descendants of his grandfather through his other wives. He was adopted or hānai by his Kekāuluohi and her husband Kanaʻina.

The young boy died only six months after his birth, at Honolulu. If he had survived six months longer, he would have been Hawaii's first constitutional heir as the 1840 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii was signed the following year. He and his brother's deaths left Kamehameha III with no legitimate child. Their hānai (foster) brother, Alexander Liholiho would succeed their father as king. They did have twin half-brothers, Kiwalaʻo and Kunuiakea by their father's mistress Lahilahi. Both theses Princes' death set the fate that all the Hawaiian monarchs would not be succeeded by their own children.

Family tree

Kalaniʻōpuʻu

Kalola

Keōua

Kekuʻiapoiwa II

Kanekapolei

Kīwalaʻō

Kekuʻiapoiwa Liliha

Keōpūolani

Kamehameha I (The Great) (died 1819)

Kalākua Kaheiheimālie

Kaʻahumanu (1819–1832)

Liholiho Kamehameha II (1819–1824)

Kamāmalu

Keouawahine

Pauli Kaʻōleiokū

Kahailiopua Luahine

Kauikeaouli Kamehameha III (1825–1854)

Kalama

Elizabeth Kīnaʻu Kaʻahumanu II

Mataio Kekūanāoʻa

Kalanipauahi

Laura Kōnia

Abner Pākī

Keaweaweʻulaokalani I

Keaweaweulaokalani II

Queen Emma

Alexander Liholiho Kamehameha IV (1854–1863)

Lot Kapuāiwa Kamehameha V (1863–1872)

Victoria Kamāmalu Kaʻahumanu IV (1855–1863)

Ruth Keʻelikōlani

Charles Reed Bishop

Bernice Pauahi Bishop

Prince Albert

William Pitt Kīnaʻu

Keolaokalani Davis

Sources

• HAWAII, The Kamehameha Dynasty: Genealogy