Keohokālole

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Analea Keohokālole (c. 1816–1869) was a Hawaiian chiefess and the matriarch of the Kalākaua line, which ruled Hawaii from 1874 to 1893. She was born around 1816 in Kailua-Kona on Hawaii Island. Her parents were High Chiefess Kamaʻeokalani and High Chief ʻAikanaka, and through her father she descended from Kona chiefs who supported Kamehameha I.

In 1833 she married Caesar Kapaʻakea, her cousin, who was of lower rank. They had more than ten children, including James Kaliokalani, David Kalākaua (who would become king), Lydia Liliʻuokalani (the queen), Anna Kaʻiulani Kaʻiminaʻauao, Miriam Likelike, and William Pitt Leleiohoku II.

Keohokālole inherited large tracts of land, making her land-rich but cash-poor. She served in the House of Nobles from 1841 to 1847 and on the King’s Privy Council from 1846 to 1847.

She died in Hilo on April 6, 1869, and was buried at Kawaiahaʻo Cemetery. Her remains were moved to the Royal Mausoleum at Mauna ʻAla on November 30, 1875. A road near Kailua-Kona, Ane Keohokālole Highway, is named in her honor.