Keliʻiokaloa

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Keliʻiokaloa
Aliʻi Aimoku of Hawaii
Reign1525–1545
PredecessorUmi-a-Liloa
Successor
Born1500
Died1545 (aged 44–45)
IssueKukailani
FatherUmi-a-Liloa
MotherAliʻi Kapukini-a-Liloa

Keliʻiokaloa (1500–1545) was the of the island of Hawaiʻi from 1525 to 1545. He was the sovereign king or chief of the island of Hawaiʻi.

Life[]

Keliʻiokaloa was the eldest son of Umi-a-Liloa, Aliʻi Aimoku of Hawaiʻi, by his third wife and half-sister, Aliʻi Kapukini-a-Liloa, daughter of Liloa, Aliʻi Aimoku of Hawaiʻi.

He succeeded on the death of his father in the year 1525.[1]

In 1545 he was deposed by his younger brother .

Keliʻiokaloa married first Makuwahineapalaka, then Heluʻanuʻu and Hikaʻalani. He died in 1545, having had issue, a son Aliʻi Kukailani and daughter Kaohukiokalani.

Sources[]

  1. ^ Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.
Preceded by Aliʻi Aimoku of Hawaiʻi
1525–1545
Succeeded by
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