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Kaʻōhelelani or Kaohele was a Hawaiian chiefess in the early Kingdom of Hawaii.

Life

She was born in the District of Hāna on the island of Maui in the mid to late 18th century. Her mother was High Chiefess Kaloiokalani of the royal family of Kahikinui and Honuaula (southern Maui). Her father was Kalokuokamaile, older half-brother of Kamehameha I who later unified the Hawaiian Islands in to found the Kingdom of Hawaii; both were sons of Keōua Kalanikupuapaikalaninui. Her father was the High Chief of Hāna, Kipahulu and Kaupo.

Her parents named her Kaʻōhelelani, and she was their only child. She was verging into maidenhood when her father died. His people showed their affection for him by making his grave on the highest peak of their country, Kauwiki. Upon news of his death reaching his brother Kamehameha, he immediately assembled a retinue of followers and retainers to accompany his brother Kealiimaikai to bear his request to Kaloiokalani to permit her daughter Kaʻōhelelani to take up her residence at his court, and to have his brother take charge of the vast patrimonial estate until Kaʻōhelelani should reach her majority.

As Kaʻōhelelani approached maturity Kamehameha was looking for a matrimonial alliance for his niece. As the Waimea people, under the rule of their high chief Hinai, had shown reluctance to submit to him, Kamehameha united the ruling families through an offer of the hand of his niece to Nuhi, the eldest son of Hinau. This offer was accepted and soon Kaohele was transported to her new home in Waimea.

Kamehameha was sorely disappointed in his expectations. Kaʻōhelelani became attached to her new home and family, but the anticipated peace between the two families was not realized. Possibly she felt resentment toward Kamehameha, since after he conquered Maui king Kalanikupule, he gave her former land to the chiefs who aided him.

Nuhi and Kaʻōhelelani had a daughter Kekaikuihala and then a son Gideon Peleioholani Laanui.

Family tree

Laʻanui, Wilcox, Salazar family tree

Key: Subjects with bold titles and blue bold box = Aliʻi line. Bold title and grey bolded box = Lower ranking Aliʻi line. Bold title and un-bolded box = European nobility. Regular name and box = makaʻāinana or untitled foreign subject.

KeōuaKahikikalaokalaniKekuʻiapoiwa II
KalokuokamaileKaloiokalaniKaʻahumanuKamehameha IKalākua Kaheiheimālie
KaoheleNuhiJean Baptiste RivesHolau II
Makole (k)Haupa (w)Namahana Piia (w)Gideon Peleioholani Laanui
1797–1849
né Laʻanui
Theresa Owana Kaheiheimalie Reeves
Captain William Slocum Wilcox
1814–1910
Kalua
1836–1865
Gideon Kailipalaki Laanui
1840–1871
Elizabeth KamaikaopaElizabeth Kekaʻaniau Laʻanui Pratt
1834–1928
née Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau
Gina Sobrero-Wilcox
1863-1912
(née Baroness Gina Sobrero)
Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox
(February 15, 1855 - October 23, 1903)
Theresa Owana Kaʻohelelani LaʻanuiAlexander Joy Cartwright IIIElmer MillerMakalike
Robert Kalanikupuapaikalaninui Keōua WilcoxHelen Kaleipuanani Simerson WilburtonJohn Kilioe Miller
May 26, 1896 - April 20, 1969
Virginia Kahoa Kaʻahumanu Kaihikapumahana WilcoxElizabeth Kaʻakaualaninui WilcoxDaisy Emmalani Napulahaokalani CartwrightEva Kuwailanimamao Cartwright
Henry Mario SalazarHelena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox Salazar-Machado
April 13, 1917 – September 17, 1988
(née Wilcox)
Henry Machado, Sr.
Henry C. Keaweikekahialiiokamoku SalazarPaul C. Kalokuokamaile SalazarMichael Carl Kauhiokalani SalazarStephen Craig Laanui SalazarOwana Kaohelelani Mahealani-Rose Salazar
Notes:
  1. ^ Hawaiian Native Claims Settlement Study Commission, Exhibit B, Genealogy Descent from the Kamehameha Royal Family .
  2. Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age lists Wilcox's full birth and death dating.
  3. Marriage license of Jno K. Kilioe Miller to Virginia K. Wilcox list E.O Miller as father and Makalike as mother of Jno.
  4. United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  5. Hawaii Marriages, 1826-1922.
  1. United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Resources (1977). Hawaiian Native Claims Settlement Study Commission. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 119–122. ASIN B003AILJ68.
  2. Leonard C. Schlup; James Gilbert Ryan (2003). Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age. M.E. Sharpe. p. 538. ISBN 978-0-7656-2106-1.
  3. "E.O.Miller". Family Search. Territory of Hawaii. Retrieved 4 September 2015. Marriage license of Jno Miller to Virginia K. Wilcox - E. O. Miller in entry for Jno. K. Miller and Virginia K. Wilcox, 11 Jun 1916; citing Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, reference 12495B; FHL microfilm 1,711,737
  4. "John K. Miller". Family Search. Territory of Hawaii. Retrieved 4 September 2015.Draft card - John K Miller, 1917-1918; citing Honolulu City no 1, Hawaii, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,452,096
  5. "Marriage license - Jno. K. Miller and Virginia K. Wilcox, 11 Jun 1916; citing Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, reference 12495B; FHL microfilm 1,711,737 - Virginia K. Wilcox". Family Search. Territory of Hawaii. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

References

  1. Elizabeth Kekaaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Pratt (2009) . History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-nui: father of Hawaii kings, and his descendants. republished by Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-1-104-76661-0.

External links

  • "Kaohelelani". Biography from Hawaiʻi Royal Family web site. Keali'i Publishing. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
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