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Keōua Kalanikupuapaʻīkalaninui Ahilapalapa, sometimes called Keōua Nui ("Keōua the Great") (died c. 1750s–1760s) was an Ancient Hawaiian noble and the father of Kamehameha I, the first King of united Hawaiʻi. He was progenitor of the House of Keōua Nui.
The House of Keōua Nui (Hale O Keōua Nui), or simply House of Keōua, is the extended royal family of Ancient Hawaii from which the reigning family of Kamehameha I and Lunalilo were descended.
Keōua represented the last of the ruling aliʻi of the powerful ʻĪ line that had kuleana over east Hawaiʻi (from Hāmākua to Kaʻū) since the time of ʻĪ, the great-grandson of the famous Umi-a-Liloa.
Keōua Kūʻahuʻula was an Aliʻi (member of the royal class) during the time of the unification of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. Family. His name means "rain cloud of the red cloak".: 129 His father was Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the king at the time of the arrival of Captain James Cook.
Prince Robert Keōua was to become the head of the royal house, unfortunately he died in 1934 at an early age of 41. His first child, Princess Helena Kalokuokamaile became the head of the royal house after Princess Theresa's death in 1944.
May 30, 2019 · Keōua Hale was a Victorian-style mansion, and the most expansive residence of the time; it was larger than ʻIolani Palace. It followed the Second Empire architecture, or so-called French style of architecture, and was considered a classical Victorian-style mansion.
Keōua Kalanikupuapaʻīkalaninui Ahilapalapa, sometimes called Keōua Nui ("Keōua the Great") (died c. 1750s–1760s) was an Ancient Hawaiian noble and the father of Kamehameha I, the first King of united Hawaiʻi. He was progenitor of the House of Keōua Nui.
