Kapaakea


Caesar Kaluaiku Kamakaehukai Kahana Keola Kapaakea was a Hawaiian chief who was the patriarch of the House of Kalkaua that ruled the Kingdom of Hawai i from 1874 to 1893. The name Kapaakea translates as the coral or limestone surface in Hawaiian.

Kapaakea was born in Kuiaha, Maui, about 1815. His Christian name was spelled several different ways, such as Ceaser in the state archives, or Kaisera in the style of the Hawaiian language. His father was High Chief Kamanawa II and mother was High Chiefess Kamokuiki. He was a great grandson of one of the five Kona chiefs who supported Kamehameha I in his uprising against Kwala, Kameeiamoku, one of the royal twins on the Coat of Arms of Hawaii. His family was relatively of high rank and reputation until it was tarnished in 1840 when his father murdered his mother and was consequently hanged. In the Great Mahele of 1848, he received few lands parceled out to the alii or high chiefs. His siblings were the High Chief Joel Mahoe and the High Chiefess Kekahili.

Source: Wikipedia