Keaweaweulaokalani

Keaweaweʻulaokalani is a name shared by two short-lived princes and heirs to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Both were named after their father Kamehameha III. In Hawaiian, the name means "the red trail of heaven", signifying the roadway by which the god descends from heaven.

Earlier

Keaweaweʻulaokalani I
Prince of Hawaii
Born	1839
Died	1839
House	House of Kamehameha
Father	Kamehameha III
Mother	Kalama

Keaweaweʻulaokalani I (1839–1839) 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.

The young Prince Keawe died shortly after his birth. His death left Kamehameha III again childless. His younger brother, Keaweaweʻulaokalani II, would not be born until 1842.

Later

Keaweaweʻulaokalani II
Prince of Hawaii
Born	January 14, 1842
Died	February 1842
House	House of Kamehameha
Father	Kamehameha III
Mother	Kalama

Keaweaweʻulaokalani II (1842–1842) 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.

Initially given in hānai to Kalākua Kaheiheimālie, he was instead adopted or hānai by his grand aunt, Kekāuluohi and her husband Kanaʻina when the old governess of Maui died not three days after his birth. The King promised that he would be sent to the Chiefs' Children's School once he was weaned and could walk. He soon developed a fever and died at 31 days old. Dr. Baldwin of Lahaina was convinced that the child was killed by traditional medicinal treatment.

Family tree

Kamehameha family tree
Kalaniʻōpuʻu (k) Kalola (w) Keōua (k) Kekuʻiapoiwa II (w) Kānekapōlei (w) Kīwalaʻō Kekuiapoiwa Liliha Keōpūolani Kamehameha I (The Great) (died 1819) Kalākua Kaheiheimālie Kaʻahumanu (1819–1832) Liholiho Kamehameha II (1819–1824) Kamāmalu Keouawahine Pauli Kaʻōleiokū *Paternity is in question as daughter and mother both claim Kalaniopuu as the father. Kahailiopua Luahine Kauikeaouli Kamehameha III (1825–1854) Kalama Elizabeth Kīnaʻu Kaʻahumanu II Mataio Kekūanaōʻa Pauahi Laura Kōnia Abner Pākī Keaweaweʻulaokalani I Keaweaweʻulaokalani 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 Albert Kamehameha John William Pitt Kīnaʻu Keolaokalani Davis
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References

• Kamakau, Samuel (1992) [1961]. Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised ed.). Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools Press. pp. 264, 342, 388, 395. ISBN 0-87336-014-1.
• Kamehameha III (1861). Speeches of His Majesty Kamehameha III: to the Hawaiian Legislature. Government Press. p. 10.
• Katharine Luomala, University of Hawaii (1987). "Reality and Fantasy: The Foster Child in Hawaiian Myths and Customs". Pacific Studies. Brigham Young University Hawaii Campus. p. 26. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
• Amos Starr Cooke, Juliette Montague Cooke (1970) [1937]. Mary Atherton Richards (ed.). The Hawaiian Chiefs' Children's School. C. E. Tuttle Company. p. 126.
• P. Christiaan Klieger (1998). Moku'ula: Maui's sacred island. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press. pp. 53–54, 82. ISBN 1-58178-002-8.