Ululani

Ululani
Ululani
Aliʻi Nui (ruler) of Hilo
Spouse	Keawemaʻuhili ; Keawe-a-Heulu
Issue	Keaweokahikiona ; Elelule Laʻakeaelelulu; Naihe; Keohohiwa
Father	Mokulani
Mother	Pāpaʻikaniau (Niau)

Ululani was a Hawaiian chiefess, 7th Aliʻi Nui (ruler) of Hilo. She is also known as Ululani Nui ("Ululani the Great") and was the most celebrated woman poet of her day.

Biography

She was a daughter and successor of the chief Mokulani^[1] and the chiefess Pāpaʻikaniau, otherwise known as Niau, the daughter of Kuʻimeheua and Kalanikūʻēʻiwalono.

Her name can mean "heavenly inspiration and growth", "raised to prominence" and it can mean "a royal assemblage or collection".^[2]

She was married to Keawemaʻuhili and had two sons with him: Keaweokahikona and ʻElelule Laʻakeaʻelelule.^{[citation needed]} She was also married to Keawe-a-Heulu, and their children were orator Nāʻihe and chiefess Keohohiwa, mother of ʻAikanaka.

Family tree

Key- (k)= Kane (male/husband)
(w)= wahine (female/wife)
Subjects with bold titles, lavender highlighted, bold box= Direct bloodline
Bold title, bold, grey box= Aunts, uncles, cousins line
Bold title, bold white box= European or American (raised to aliʻi status by marriage or monarch's decree)
Regular name and box= makaʻāinana or untitled foreign subject

Kāneikaiwilani (k)

Kanalohanaui (k)

Keakealani (w)

Ahu-a-ʻI (k)

Piʻilani (w) II

Moana (k)

Lonoikahaupu (k)

Kalanikauleleiaiwi (w)

Kauauaʻamahi (k)

Keawe II (k)

Lonomaʻaikanaka (w)

Kauhiahaki (k)

Iliki-a-Moana (w)

Keawepoepoe (k)

Kanoena (w)

Haʻaeamahi (k)

Kekelakekeokalani (w)

Alapainui (k)

Keaka (w)

Keeaumoku Nui (k)

Kamakaimoku (w)

Kaeamamao (k)^[i]

Kaolanialiʻi (w)^[i]

Kameʻeiamoku (k)

Kamakaʻeheikuli (w)

Keōua (k)

Kahekili II (k)

Kekuiapoiwa II (w)

Ikuaʻana (w)

Heulu (k)

Moana (w)

Keaweʻopala (k)

Nohomualani (k)

Keaweaheulu (k)

Ululani (w)

Hakau (w)

Kanaʻina (k)

Kauwa (w)

Eia (k)

Kepoʻokalani (k)^[i]

Alapai (w)^[i]

Keohohiwa (w)

Keōpūolani (w)

Kamehameha I

Kalaniʻōpuʻu (k)

Kānekapōlei (w)

Kiʻilaweau (k)

Nāhiʻōleʻa (k)

Kahoʻowaha II (w)

Inaina (w)

Hao (K)

Kailipakalua (w)

Kamanawa II (k)^[i]

Kamokuiki (w)^[i]

ʻAikanaka (k)

Kamaeokalani (w)

Kaōleiokū (k)

Keoua (w)

Luahine (w)

Kalaʻimamahu

Kaheiheimālie

Kamehameha II

Kamehameha III

Kekūanaōʻa (k)

Kahalaiʻa
Luanuʻu (k)

Pauahi (w)

Kīnaʻu (w)

Pākī (k)

Kōnia (w)

Kanaʻina II

Kaʻahumanu III

Kapaʻakea
(1815–1866)^[i]

Keohokālole
(1816–1869)^[i]

Keʻelikōlani (w)

Kamehameha IV

Kamehameha V

Kaʻahumanu IV

Pauahi Bishop (w)

Bishop (k)

Lunalilo (k)

Kaliokalani
(1835–1852)^[i]

Kalākaua
(1836–1891)^[i]

Kapiʻolani
(1834–1899)

Liliʻuokalani
(1838–1917)^[i]

Dominis
(1832–1891)

Kaʻiulani
(1842–?)^[i]

Kaʻiminaʻauao
(1845–1848)^[i]

Cleghorn
(1835–1910)

Likelike
(1851–1887)^[i]

Leleiohoku II
(1854–1877)^[i]

Kaʻiulani
(1875–1899)^[i]

Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Genealogy of Liliuokalani, page 400, appendix B, No. 2 Queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani (1898). Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen. University of Hawaii Press. p. 400. Retrieved 29 September 2016. Kapaakea genealogy.

References

^ Genealogy
^ Dean Kekoolani. "Ululani (Ululani I, Ululani Nui) (Ali'i-o-Hilo)". Kekoolani Genealogy of the Descendants of the Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii. Retrieved May 29, 2012.

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[Hawaii's_Story-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Genealogy of Liliuokalani, page 400, appendix B, No. 2 Queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani (1898). Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen. University of Hawaii Press. p. 400. Retrieved 29 September 2016. Kapaakea genealogy.

[1] Genealogy

[kekoolani-2] Dean Kekoolani. "Ululani (Ululani I, Ululani Nui) (Ali'i-o-Hilo)". Kekoolani Genealogy of the Descendants of the Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii. Retrieved May 29, 2012.

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