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Kalolaa-Kumukoa
SpouseKamehameha I
Kekuamanoha
IssueKahiliʻōpua
FatherKumukoa
MotherKaulahoa
ReligionHawaiian religion

Kalola-a-Kumukoa,[1][2][3][4] also known simply as Kalola, was the first wife of Kamehameha I. She was a high chiefess (Aliʻi) of Hawaii.

Family

Her father was Kumukoa (Kumu-ko'a-a-Keawe, also called Kumuhea),[5] a son of Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku.[6] Both Keawe and Kumukoa were among the remains moved from the Royal tomb to the Royal Mausoleum in the Nuuanu Valley.[7] Her mother was Ka'ulahoa.[8] [9]

She was first wife of the king Kamehameha I before the Battle of Mokuʻōhai.[1] The couple lived with Kamehameha's brother in Hilo along with the god , who Kamehameha had possession of, given by his uncle Kalaniʻōpuʻu.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ a b Mookini, Esther T. (1998). "Keopuolani: Sacred Wife, Queen Mother, 1778-1823". Hawaiian Journal of History. 32. Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society: 10. hdl:10524/569.
  2. ^ McKinzie, Edith Kawelohea (1986). Stagner, Ishmael W. (ed.). Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers. Vol. 2. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-939154-28-5.
  3. ^ http://nupepa-hawaii.com/2014/09/03/robert-wilcox-sounds-off-1898/
  4. ^ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025121/1898-05-27/ed-1/seq-5/
  5. ^ Catherine C. Summers (1971). Molokai: A Site Survey. Department of Anthropology, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. p. 9.
  6. ^ David Kalakaua (King of Hawaii) (1888). The Legends and Myths of Hawaii: The Fables and Folk-lore of a Strange People. C.L. Webster. p. 440.
  7. ^ Walter F. Judd (1975). Palaces and Forts of the Hawaiian Kingdom: From Thatch to American Florentine. Pacific Books, Publishers. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-87015-216-0.
  8. ^ Ahlo, Charles; Johnson, Rubellite Kawena Kinney; Walker, Jerry (2000). Kamehameha's Children Today. Native books inc. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-9967803-0-8.
  9. ^ Kekoolani, Dean. "Kekoolani Genealogy of the Descendants of the Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii". kekoolani.org. Kekoolani Family Trust. Retrieved November 18, 2008.
  10. ^ Abraham Fornander (1880). John F. G. Stokes (ed.). An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origins and Migrations, and the Ancient History of the Hawaiian People to the Times of Kamehameha I. Vol. Volume 2. Trübner & Co. p. 203. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  11. ^ Moke Kupihea (10 May 2005). The Cry of the Huna: The Ancestral Voices of Hawaii. Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-59477-642-7.