Keoni Ana

Infobox Hawaiian Royalty
name =Keoni Ana
title =Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands and Minister of Interior

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reign =10 Jun, 1845 - 16 Jan, 1855
as Kuhina Nui
(age in years and days|1845|6|10|1855|1|16)
predecessor = Kaahumanu III
successor = Kaahumanu IV
coronation =
spouse =Julia Alapai
Hikoni
Ulumaheihei
issue =
full name =John Kaleipaihala Young II, Keoni Ana okinaOpio II
titles ="HH" The Kuhina Nui of the Hawaiian Islands
"HE" The Minister of Interiors
royal house =House of Keoua
House of Kealiimaikai
father =High Chief okinaOlohana
mother =Princess Kaoanaeha
date of birth =birth date|1810|3|12|df=y
place of birth =Kawaihae, Hawaii Island
date of death =Death date and age|1857|7|18|1810|3|12|df=yes
place of death =Honolulu, O'ahu
date of burial =July 1857
place of burial =Mauna Ala, Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii|

John Kaleipaihala Young II or sometimes referred as Keoni Ana okinaOpio (1810 - 1857) was appointed Kuhina Nui by Kamehameha IIIhttp://www.4dw.net/royalark/Hawaii/hawaii5.htm] because Victoria Kamamalu, the designated successor of her mother, Elizabeth Kinau, was still a minor. [http://hawaii.gov/dags/archives/centennial/keoni-ana KEONI ANA — Department of Accounting and General Services ] ]

Early life

Keoni Ana was born 12 March 1810, Kawaihae, Hawaii. He was the only son of John Young, the English sailor who became a trusted adviser to Kamehameha I, by his second wife Ka‘ōanā‘eha the niece of Kamehameha I. He was elder brother of Jane Lahilahi Young, younger brother of Fanny Kekelaokalani Young and Grace Kama'iku'i Young, and younger half-brother of James Kanehoa Young and Robert Young, sons of Young and Namokuelua. He, his siblings, and Isaac Davis's children, grew up on their father's homstead, a the piece of land ,granted to them by the king, overlooking the Kawaihae Bay.

Politic

He grew up as the favorite companion of Kauikeaouli, and the latter's coming to the throne as Kamehameha III, was appointed to and shared in various offices of trust up to his death. Keoni Ana held several government positions, including service in the House of Nobles and Privy Council, as a Supreme Court justice, royal governor of Maui, and as chamberlain of Kamehameha III’s household. He aided in communication between native, and foreign elements in the community.

He succeeded Miriam Auhea Kekauluohi as Kuhina Nui. After Keoni Ana became Kuhina Nui in June 1845, the Legislative Assembly passed several acts that organized the executive ministries and departments of the government. This legislation provided that the Kuhina Nui serve dually as Minister of the Interior. More far-reaching was the creation of the Board of Commissioners to Quiet Land Titles, which would forever change the system of land tenure in Hawai‘i. Keoni Ana served on a committee to assist the king and chiefs in defining their rights and interests in the lands within the kingdom.As a very close friend and ally of the Kauikeaouli, Keoni Ana recognized that the Kuhina Nui’s authority challenged the King’s prestige and power. Keoni Ana supported Kamehameha III and IV in their attempt to abolish the office.

He position as Kuhina Nui was not renewed in 1855 by Kamehameha IV who chose his sister as the new Kuhina Nui but he remained Minister of the Interior.

Marriage

He married three times in his life, all Hawaiian chiefess of noble birth. He married Julia Alapaokinai, elder daughter of Nahili, by his wife, High Chiefess Kauwa'a, younger daughter of Alapainui, the girl's namesake. There union date to 1823, but this would mean John would only have been 13 years of age and, to add on, Alapai was 8 years his senior being born in 1802. Keoni Ana seemed the love Alapai the most as a portrait of the chiefess can still be seen at Hanaiakamalama, but they were childless. His second marriage, most likely after Alapai's passing, was to the High Chiefess Hikoni, and his third marriage was to Princess Elizabeth Kekaaniau's first cousin, the High Chiefess 'Ulu-maheihei, daughter of High Chief Waipa, by his wife, High Chiefess Kekaikuihala, daughter of Alii Nuhi, Alii of Waimea, and High Chiefess Kaohelelani of Hana. Through these other marriage he was still remain childless. He adopted his nephew Peter Kaeo, son of his sister Jane Lahilahi. He bought Hanaiakamalama in an auction and willed it to his niece Emma Rooke who became Queen Emma and used at it as her summer palace. He died 1857 and was intombed in Wylie Tomb or John Young's Tomb at Mauna Ala alongside the Hawaiian royalties. His only heirs were his nephew Emma and Peter.

Trivia

* A visiting English woman once describe Keona Ana as "the most handsomest man you could see anywhere"
* He was Queen Emma's favorite uncle

Notes

Reference

* [http://hawaii.gov/dags/archives/centennial/keoni-ana KEONI ANA]
* [http://homepage.mac.com/gencea/Nui/ps03/ps03_059.htm John Kaleipaihala “Keoni Ana” YOUNG Jr.]
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