- Keawe-a-Heulu
Keawe-a-Heulu was a Hawaiian high chief and great-great grandfather of Kalakaua and
Liliuokalani . He was amongKamehameha the Great 's council of chiefs and was one of the Five Kona chiefs.He was son of the High Chief Heulu and He was cousin to Kamehameha's blood father
Keoua . His father was the half-brother ofKamakaimoku , the grandmother ofKamehameha the Great . He assisted Kamehameha, in the overthrownment of his cousinKiwalao , and then as his stragedigist and general in his compaigns. [Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula By Nathaniel Bright Emerson. Page 35] He assisted Kamehameha in defeatingKeoua Kuhauula the chief of Kau and Puna. Kamehameha had summoned him to his presence and gave him this order: "Go to Keoua Kuhauula and tell him that great is my desire to make friends (ike). You are the best one to bear the message, for you are related to his mother, and he will heed your words sooner than anything I could say to him." Keaweaheulu on arrival at Kau made known his errand and at once hastened to Keoua's camp. The chief consented to become friends and boarded a canoe with him back to Kona and Kawaihae. Later Keoua was killed and sacrificed by Kamehameha uniting the Big Island for the first time since the days ofKeaweikekahiali`iokamoku . [Keoua Father of Kings By Elizabeth Kekaaniau Pratt]He married
Ululani the chiefess ofHilo and had a son and a daughter. His son succeed him as councilor to Kamehameha, serving as chief orator and married Kapiolani the Great. His daughterKeohohiwa marriedKepookalani and motheredAikanaka . His dynasty was called the Keawe-a-Heulu line which his last descendants Kalakaua changed to the bear his name. There appear not to be any descendant left of Keaweaheulu as theKawananakoas descend from the paternal side of Kalakaua's family not the maternal.References
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