Alapaiwahine

Alapaokinaiwahine was Princess of Big Island of Hawaii or Hawaiian chiefess and great-grandmother of King David Kalakaua and Queen Lydia Liliuokalani. She was a Naha chiefess being the product of a rare father and daughter marriage uncommon in Hawaiian history, except in some case.

She was probably born in the late 18th century prior to landing of Captain James Cook on the Hawaiian shores. She was born into the most powerful family in the Big Island of Hawaii at the time. Her father was Alii Kai'inamao Kalani-nui-i-a-mamao and her mother was his fifth wife the Naha Chiefess Kaolanialiokinai, Kalaninui-lamamao's daughter by his wife Kapaihi-a-Ahu. Her grandfather/father was the 1st Alii Nui of the District of Kau, son of Keaweikekahialiiokamoku II and Lonoma-Ikanaka. He was once in line to succeed, but due to the contention between him and his higher-ranking brother, Keeaumoku-nui, which led to a war that split the Big Island of Hawaii into separate district kingdoms until Kamehameha, Keeaumoku’s grandson, united it and the rest of the 7 islands. The war between the two brothers gave a chance for his cousin, the King Alapa’inui, to usurp the throne. Alapai was a common name of the aliokinai family. Although her father lost the throne that was rightfully his, her siblings soon regain the lost throne. Her brother [Kalaniopu'u-a-Kaiamamao] ruled Kohala District, Kona District and Kau District which emcompassed the northern half of the Big Island; her brother Keawe-mauhili married Ululani, Alii of Hilo and joint-ruler Hilo alongside her. [ [http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Hawaii/hawaii4.htm HAWAII4 ] ]

She was the first cousin once removed of Kamehameha the Great. Her husband was the High Chief Kepookalani, first cousin of Kamehameha, and they had two sons. Her sons were Kamanawa Opio II and Kapelakapuokakae. [ [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/hawaii/i79.html#I79 i79.html ] ] From her son Kamanawa descend the House of Kalakaua. [ [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/liliuokalani/hawaii/hawaii.html#E Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen ] ]

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Abigail Kapiolani Kawānanakoa