Keleanohoanaapiapi

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Keleanohoanaapiapi, short name Kelea, was an ancient Hawaiian noblewoman who is mentioned in ancient legends,[1] and her genealogy is given in chants. She was a Princess (Hawaiian language: Aliʻi) of Maui, one of the Hawaiian Islands. She was a High Chiefess, but not of the highest known rank.

Legend about her abduction can be compared to the myth of Helen of Troy.[citation needed]

Family[]

Keleanohoanaapiapi was a daughter of High Chief Kahekili I the Great of Maui[2] and his wife, Lady Haukanuimakamaka of Kauai, and thus a sister of Chief Kawaokaohele.[3]

Her paternal grandmother was Queen Kapohauola.

Life[]

A map of the Hawaiian Islands. Kelea was a Princess of both Maui and Oahu.

Keleanohoanaapiapi was most likely born on the island of Maui.[citation needed]

She was considered very beautiful and became a wife to the handsome Prince of Oahu, brother of King Piliwale.[4] They had three children. Lo Lale and Keleanohoanaapiapi were later divorced.[citation needed]

Keleanohoanaapiapi later married a noble named Kalamakua.[5] Their daughter was Queen La’ieloheloheikawai, wife of King Piʻilani of Maui.[citation needed]

Crater[]

There is a crater called Keleanohoanaapiapi on Venus.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ Edith Kawelohea McKinzie. Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers.
  2. ^ Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (newspaper). July 26, 1901. Hala ia Makuahine ("This Mother is Gone"). Obituary of Panana Parker.
  3. ^ Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.
  4. ^ Keleanuinohoana'api'api
  5. ^ Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (newspaper). August 26, 1865. Ka Moolelo O Hawaii ("The History of Hawaii").
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