Kaoanaeha
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Kaʻōanaʻeha Mele or Mary Kuamoʻo Kaʻōanaʻeha was a Hawaiian high chiefess were married the English sailor John Young who became the royal advisor of Kamehameha the Great.
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[edit] Parentage
She was born the daughter High Chiefess Kalikookalani. Geneaologist disagree over who was Kaoanaeha's father due to her mother's to two high chiefs. Most say she was the daughter of High Chief Keli'imaika'i (The Good Chief). He was the only full-blood brother of Kamehameha the Great, being the son of Keoua and Kekuiaiwopa. Some say her father was High Chief Kaleipaihala-Kalanikuimamao son of Kalaniopuu, King of Hawaii and uncle of Kamehameha. King Kalakaua and Queen Liliuokalani supports the later due to their conflict with Kaoanaeha's granddaughter Emma Naea who ran for Queen Regnant in the Royal Election of 1874. Keliimaikai accepted her as daughter without question and most say he was her true father.
[edit] Royal Status
Her royal statues is attested to by the fact that when she was born, pulo'ulo'u or kapu sticks with tapa-covered balls on the ends signifying a taboo were set up before her house and pahu heiau or kapu drums were beaten heralding her birth. Further confirmation of her high status was when her father Keliimaikai died in 1810, she was reportedly the only person allowed to enter his premises, which had been declared kapu.
She married John Young as his second wife in 1805.
She died at Honolulu, Oahu, 22nd January 1850 and she was lay to rest next to her husband in the John Young Mausoleum, Mauna Ala.[1]
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[edit] Reference
- Kanahele, George S.. Emma: Hawai'i's Remarkable Queen : a Biography . University of Hawaii Press, 1999.
- Hawaiian Kingdom 1854-1874, Twenty Critical Years By Ralph S. Kuykendall
