Ululani

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.

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.

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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.

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