Analea Keohokālole was a Hawaiian chiefess and matriarch of the House of Kalākaua that ruled the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi from 1874 to 1893.
Background
Keohokālole was born at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in 1816. She was daughter of the High Chiefess Kamaeokalani and the High Chief ʻAikanaka. Through her father she was descended from Kame"eiamoku and Keawe-a-Heulu two of the four Kona chiefs that supported Kamehameha I.
Career
Their union produced more than ten children. They were among the few Hawaiian chiefs to have such a large family. Many nobles of their time died very young and issueless.
Their children were: James, David, Lydia, Anna, Kaiminaʻauao, Miriam, and Leleiohoku.
The wealthiest chief was the monarch with landholding worth perhaps $1.3 billion in today"s dollars. Unlike the monarch, the average high chief got an award, after taxes, of perhaps just a bit over $3.5 million.
Keohokālole gained lands worth quite a bit more than the average chief By the time of her death, only half the land she inherited from her father remained, which had to be divided by her four surviving children: David, William, Miriam and Lydia.
When David Kalākaua became king less than twenty years later he had no great personal wealth.
His lack of money and his attempts at securing income commensurate with his view of his station caused his reign to be dogged by bribery and corruption scandals. She died at Hilo, 6 April 1869. There is a road named Ane Keohokālole highway near Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
Membership
She served as a member of the House of Nobles from 1841 to 1847, and on the King"s Privy Council 1846 to 1847.