Keleanohoanaʻapiʻapi
Keleanohoanaʻapiʻapi, 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.
Family
Keleanohoanaʻapiʻapi 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]
Life
Keleanohoanaʻapiʻapi was most likely born on the island of Maui.
She was considered very beautiful and became a wife to the handsome Prince Lo Lale of Oahu, brother of Piliwale.[4] They had three children. Lo Lale and Keleanohoanaʻapiʻapi were later divorced.
Keleanohoanaʻapiʻapi later married a noble named Kalamakua.[5] Their daughter was La’ieloheloheikawai, wife of Piʻilani of Maui.
Crater
There is a crater called Keleanohoanaapiapi on Venus.[6]
References
- ^ Edith Kawelohea McKinzie. Hawaiian Genealogies: Extracted from Hawaiian Language Newspapers.
- ^ Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (newspaper). July 26, 1901. Hala ia Makuahine ("This Mother is Gone"). Obituary of Panana Parker.
- ^ Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations, Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969.
- ^ "Keleanuinohoana'api'api". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
- ^ Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (newspaper). August 26, 1865. Ka Moolelo O Hawaii ("The History of Hawaii").
- ^ "Planetary Names". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2023-06-26.