Kānekapōlei
Kānekapōlei | |
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Spouse | Kalaniʻōpuʻu Kamehameha I Mela[1] |
Issue | Keōua Kūʻahuʻula Keōua Peʻeʻale Pauli Kaʻōleiokū Kahiwa Kānekapōlei[2][3] Alika Mela[1] Kahaʻaulani, k.[4] Kahinu, w.[1] |
House | Keawe |
Father | Kauakahiakua |
Mother | ʻUmiaemoku |
Kānekapōlei was a Native Hawaiian aliʻi wahine (queen) and wife of Kalaniʻōpuʻu, aliʻi nui (king/supreme ruler) of the Island of Hawaii and aunt of Kamehameha I, who were all present at Captain James Cook's death. She called attention to the kidnapping of her husband by Cook and his men, attracting his royal attendants to the beach, answering her calls for help.
Birth and ancestry
[edit]Kānekapōlei's father was Kauakahiakua and her mother, ʻUmiaemoku.[5] Kauakahiakua was from the Maui royal family, a descendant of Puna-I-Mua,[6] a grandson of Mōʻī (king), Lonohonuakini[7] through his son Lonomakaihonua[8] and brother of Kaʻulahea II, and Kahāpoʻohiwi.[9] Kauakahiakua had several wives including his full blood sister Kāneikapōleikauila (w).[10] Sibling relationships were sacred and produced the highest ranking niaupiʻo births.[11] Kauakahiakua and Kāneikapōleikauila had a piʻo son named Kapuaahiwalani (k).[12][10] Her mother, ʻUmiaemoku, was one of three sisters that included Ikuaana and Umiulaikaahumanu, Kamehameha I's great grandmother[13] as well as Queen Liliuokalani's fifth great grandmother.[14] All three sisters were daughters of Mahiololi of Kohala.[15]
According to; "The Voyage of George Vancouver, 1791–1795: Volumes I–IV", Vancouver records the following description of Kānekapōlei;
"Her Majesty is a very handsome woman, and carries in her looks & Manners a very suitable degree of dignity.[16]
Vancouver writes of meeting her again in 1793. Guilt over memories of the ill fated Cook expedition had made Vancouver feel obligated to compensate with gifts as he writes; "I presented her with an assortment of valuables suitable to her former distinguished situation".[17]
Family
[edit]Around 1762[18] Kānekapōlei became one of the wives of Kalaniʻōpuʻu, aliʻi nui of Hawaii island. She was not his highest ranking wife— that position was held by Kalola Pupuka-o-Honokawailani, the mother of his heir Kīwalaʻō— but was considered his favorite. With Kalaniʻōpuʻu, her sons included Keōua Kūʻahuʻula and Keōua Peʻeʻale. Their first son would contend with Kamehameha I over the supremacy of the island of Hawaii until his death in 1790 at Kawaihae.[19] Nothing is known about the fate of Keōua Peʻeʻale, although historian John F. G. Stokes argued Keōua Peʻeʻale was merely another name for Pauli Kaʻōleiokū.[20]
Kalaniʻōpuʻu and Cook
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During Captain Cook's third voyage of exploration in 1779, he mentioned King Kalaniʻōpuʻu's favorite wife and queen, Kānekapōlei. He and his men spelled her name many different ways including "Kanee-Kabareea", "Kanee-cappo-rei", "Kanee Kaberaia", "Kainee Kabareea", and "Kahna-Kubbarah".[18] Cook's second-in-command, Lieutenant James King, recounted her role in preventing the kidnapping of her husband and their two sons:
"Things were in this prosperous train, the two boys being already in the pinnace, and the rest of the party having advanced near the water-side, when an elderly woman called Kanee-kabareea, the mother of the boys, and one of the king's favourite wives, came after him, and with many tears, and entreaties, besought him not to go on board".[22]
Hearing her calls, the Hawaiians gathered around the shore of Kealakekua Bay and tried to prevent their monarch from being taken. Cook's men had to retreat to the beach. As Cook turned his back to help launch the boats, he was struck on the head by the villagers and then stabbed to death as he fell on his face in the surf.[23][24]
Keōua Kūʻahuʻula
[edit]According to Abraham Fornander, Keōua Kūʻahuʻula was to blame for the initial breakout of civil war in Hawaii after the death of his father Kalaniʻōpuʻu. He had received no lands due to his uncle Keawemauhili's claim as next in line to Kīwalaʻō. Upset from the lack of any inheritance, he gathered his warriors, retainers and kahu and prepared for full battle, including their mahiole and ʻahu ʻula. They headed towards Ke‘ei where a fight broke out among the warriors and bathers of at the beach. Keōua ends up killing a number of Kamehameha's men.[25]
Kaʻōleiokū
[edit]Kānekapōlei had a son named Pauli Kaʻōleiokū. The figure's paternity has been sourced to both Kalaniʻōpuʻu and Kamehameha I. Historians Abraham Fornander, Sheldon Dibble, and Samuel Kamakau all state Kamehameha I was Pauli's father however, sources earlier than Dibble deny this allegation and claims paternity to Kalaniʻōpuʻu. Further research has brought his paternity into question. Both Konia, his grandmother and Kānekapōlei herself, have flatly denied that Kaʻōleiokū was a son of Kamehameha I.[26][27][28][29] Kaʻōleiokū was raised by his mother.[citation needed] He joined his brother Keōua Kūʻahuʻula's forces in opposition to Kamehameha in 1782 after the Battle of Mokuʻōhai split the island into three warring chiefdoms.[citation needed]
In his book; "Pauahi: the Kamehameha legacy ", George H. Kanahele states that Bernice Pauahi Bishop's mele hānau does not actually mention Kamehameha I. He attributes the suggestion of Kaʻōleiokū being a son of Kamehameha to Joseph Mokuʻōhai Poepoe who calles Pauli; "ke keiki kamahaʻo" ("the love child"). Kanahele also states that Mary Kawena Pūkuʻi described this as part of the training of each warrior, and supposedly Kānekapōlei was chosen for this training. The author points out that the incident that created the doubt was when Keōua Kūʻahuʻula was killed at the consecration of the Puʻukoholā Heiau and Kamehameha announced that Kaʻōleiokū was the child of his beardless youth thus sparing his life. However in his note on that claim, Kanahele refers to Stokes as a counter; "For those who claim that Kamehameha did not father Kaʻōleiokū, the case is advanced by John F. B. Stokes in "Kaoleioku, Paternity and Biographical Sketch,". Her descendants by this son include Ruth Keʻelikōlani and Bernice Pauahi Bishop, founder of the Kamehameha School.[30] Elizabeth Kekaaniauokalani Kalaninuiohilaukapu Pratt claims that Kamehameha I stopped the death by calling Kaʻōleiokū his "keiki", meaning anything from his son to a nephew or even the son of a friend. Pratt states that Kamehameha's authority saved the boy and also brought him into the House of Kamehameha.[31]
Associated children
[edit]Kānekapōlei was also said to be the mother of Keliʻikahekili, one of the wives of Kameʻeiamoku and mother of Hoapili, although the father is not mentioned.[32]
Another figure often associated with Kānekapōlei is Kahiwa or Regina Kānekapōlei who was the mother of Kipikane, the wife of John Palmer Parker.[33] Her father was Kamehameha I however, according to Edith McKinzie, her mother was Kauhilanimaka (w).[34]
Family Tree
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Family tree based on Abraham Fornander's "An Account of the Polynesian Race" and other works from the author, Queen Liliuokalani's "Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen", Samuel Mānaiakalani Kamakau's "Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii" and other works by the author, John Papa ʻĪʻī's "Fragments of Hawaiian History", Edith Kawelohea McKinzie's "Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers, Vol. I & II", Kanalu G. Terry Young's "Rethinking the Native Hawaiian Past", Charles Ahlo, Jerry Walker, and Rubellite Kawena Johnson's "Kamehameha's Children Today", The Hawaiian Historical Society Reports, the genealogies of the Hawaiian Royal families in Kingdom of Hawaii probate, the works of Sheldon Dibble and David Malo as well as the Hawaii State Archive genealogy books.
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Barrère 1994, p. 458.
- ^ Newton 1989, p. 130.
- ^ Bergin 2004, p. 26.
- ^ Ahlo, Charles; Johnson, Rubellite; Walker, Jerry (2000). Kamehameha's Children Today. pp. 64–76. ISBN 9780996780308.
- ^ McKinzie 1986, p. 77.
- ^ Fornander 1880, p. 125.
- ^ Fornander 1880, pp. 209–210.
- ^ McKinzie 1986, p. 133.
- ^ Thrum 1916, p. 50.
- ^ a b "E Ike Ike Ia Kaua Hoakanaka" [Let Our People Know]. Ka Naʻi Aupuni (in Hawaiian). Honolulu. January 6, 1906. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
- ^ Fornander 1920, p. 308.
- ^ Solomon Lehuanui Kalaniomaiheuila Peleioholani. "Kekoolani Genealogy of the Descendants of the Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii". Kāneikapōleikauila. kekoolani.org. Archived from the original on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
The genealogy of the chiefess give this sister of Kauaukahiaakua. However, it also give other parents. It says the parents of the brother and sister are:FATHER: KA'ALO PI'I MOTHER: KA-'ONOHI-'ULAOKALANI
- ^ Liliuokalani (Queen of Hawaii) 1898, p. 401.
- ^ Liliuokalani (Queen of Hawaii) 1898, p. 399.
- ^ McKinzie 1986, p. 23.
- ^ Vancouver 1984, p. 42.
- ^ Smith 2010, p. 75.
- ^ a b Stokes 1935, pp. 33–34.
- ^ Fornander 1880, p. 205.
- ^ Stokes 1935, pp. 35–36.
- ^ "The Death of Captain James Cook, 14 February 1779 – National Maritime Museum". National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ King et al. 1784, pp. 43–44.
- ^ Collingridge 2003, pp. 409–410.
- ^ Kuykendall 1965, pp. 18–20.
- ^ Fornander 1880, pp. 307–308.
- ^ Stokes 1935, p. 18.
- ^ Fornander 1880, pp. 333–334.
- ^ Kamakau 1992, p. 127.
- ^ Thrum 1916, pp. 50–51.
- ^ Kanahele 2002, pp. 7–9.
- ^ Pratt 1920, p. 27.
- ^ Kamakau 1992, p. 352.
- ^ Taylor 1950, p. 34.
- ^ McKinzie 1986, p. 48.
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