Reign 1605 – 1635 Father Kanaloakuaʻana Successor Keakamahana Parents Kaikilani, Kanaloakuaʻana Grandparent Kukailani | Predecessor Kaikilani Mother Kaikilani Children Keakamahana Grandchild Keakealaniwahine | |
Spouse Aliʻi Kealiʻiokalani
Kaleimakaliʻi
Kaleiheana Died 1635, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States | ||
Keakealanikane (1575 – 1635) (Keakealani-kane) was an aliʻi nui of the island of Hawaiʻi (1605–1635). He was the sovereign of the Big Island. He is mentioned in chant Kumulipo.
During the reign of Keakealanikane several of the more powerful of the district chiefs had assumed an attitude of comparative independence.
Family
Keakealanikane was a son of Queen Kaikilani and Chief Kanaloakuaʻana. He succeeded on the death of his mother in 1605. He married first his sister, Aliʻi Kealiʻiokalani. His second wife was Kaleimakaliʻi and his third wife was Kalaʻaiheana (daughter of Kuaʻana-a-ʻI and Kamaka-o-ʻUmi). She was also a wife of Keawekuikaʻai.
He died ca. 1635, having had two sons and one daughter: Aliʻi Keawekuikaʻai by Kaleimakaliʻi, Aliʻi Moana by Kalaʻaiheana and Keakamahana, Queen of Hawaiʻi by Kealiʻiokalani.
His granddaughter was Queen Keakealaniwahine.