Keoloewaakamauaua

Keokinaolookinaewa-a-Kamauaua was the second Alii Aimoku of Molokai. He reigned as the titular chieftain or King of the island of Molokai. He reigned during the close of the 2nd migratory era. His family descends from Nanaulu, 14th generation descendant of Wakea and they were descendants of the first migration to Hawaii in the 6th century. [Kalakaua, His Hawaiian Majesty. p 72]

He was born the second son of Kamauaua, the 1st King of Molokai and his wife Hinakeha. His elder brother was Kaupeepee and his younger brothers were Haili and Uli-hala-nui. [Fornander. p 31] He and his brothers had been raised from an early age to hate the newly arrived southern chiefs who had gain power over all of the islands with the exception of Molokai who still remain mostly ruled by the native chiefs. His elder brother was considered the heir-apparent but he gave up his birthright to fulfill his dream of exterminating the southern chiefs. So the right to the throne fell on Keoloewa. His brother, Kaupeepee, later was slain by Kana and Nikeu-Kalohe, sons of Hina, queen of Hilo who had eloped to Molokai with his brother. [Kalakaua, His Hawaiian Majesty. p 72]

The incident of his brother did not disturb his reign in anyway. Keoloewa was noted as the head and progenitor of numerous powerful families throughout the archipelago whose pedigrees reach up to him and his wife Nuakea. [Fornander. p 31] His wife Nuakea was the daughter of Keaunui and granddaughter of Maweke. [Fornander. p 49] From this marriage the Molokai royal family could trace their lineage to Maweke, the purest chief of the Nanaula line. His daughter Kapau-a-Nuakea succeed him as the supreme sovereign of Molokai.

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* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barbpretz/ps01/ps01_222.html Ke'olo'ewa]
* Kalakaua, His Hawaiian Majesty. "The Legends And Myths of Hawaii: The Fable and Folk-lore of a Strange People." Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company Inc. of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo Japan, 1972.
* Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.