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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 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".

She was married to Keawemaʻuhili and she bore him two sons: Keaweokahikona and ʻElelule Laʻakeaʻelelule. 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) Kaolanialiʻi (w)
Kameʻeiamoku (k)
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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) Alapai (w) Keohohiwa (w) Keōpūolani (w) Kamehameha I
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Kalaniʻōpuʻu (k) Kānekapōlei (w) Kiʻilaweau (k) Nāhiʻōleʻa (k) Kahoʻowaha II (w) Inaina (w)
Hao (K) Kailipakalua (w)
Kamanawa II (k) Kamokuiki (w) ʻAikanaka (k) Kamaeokalani (w) Kaōleiokū (k) Keoua (w) Luahine (w) Kalaʻimamahu Kaheiheimālie
Kamehameha II
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Kamehameha III
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Kekūanāoʻa (k) Kahalaiʻa
Luanuʻu (k)
Pauahi (w) Kīnaʻu (w) Pākī (k) Kōnia (w) Kanaʻina II Kaʻahumanu III
Kapaʻakea
(1815–1866)
Keohokālole
(1816–1869)
Keʻelikōlani (w) Kamehameha IV
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Kamehameha V
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Kaʻahumanu IV
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Pauahi Bishop (w) Bishop (k) Lunalilo (k)
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Kaliokalani
(1835–1852)
Kalākaua
(1836–1891)
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Kapiʻolani
(1834–1899)
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Liliʻuokalani
(1838–1917)
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Dominis
(1832–1891)
Kaʻiulani
(1842–?)
Kaʻiminaʻauao
(1845–1848)
Cleghorn
(1835–1910)
Likelike
(1851–1887)
Leleiohoku II
(1854–1877)
Kaʻiulani
(1875–1899)

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